Lisa Highton

About

Lisa is an associate agent at Jenny Brown Associates, representing commercial and crossover fiction and memoir.

She joined the agency in 2022 after a long career in publishing, including as Publisher of Two Roads and as publishing director at Doubleday, HarperCollins and Hodder in the UK and Australia. Her focus is distinctive storytelling and finding hidden stories with emotional heart.

Genres

Commercial FictionMemoir

Looking for

commercial/crossover fiction, memoir

Not looking for

sci-fi
fantasy
horror
true crime

Agency submission guidelines

Submissions are accepted only by email, with a covering letter in the body of the email giving background on the book and the writer's career, including name, address and contact number, noting any referrals or prior correspondence, and mentioning if the project is with other agents or publishers. Submissions should be double spaced. For fiction: send the first three chapters (or about 50 pages) and a synopsis in a single document, with a covering letter. For non-fiction: email a proposal and a short example of the proposed work, a couple of sample chapters. For picture books: send three samples of completed stories. For illustrators: send samples of your work for children and a link to your website. Presenting your work: attach your work to the email in a document (number the pages). Accepted formats are.doc,.docx or.pdf for text submissions and.jpeg,.gif or.pdf for illustrations. Adult writing submissions go to submissions@jennybrownassociates.com, or directly to jenny@jennybrownassociates.com or lisa@jennybrownassociates.com. Children's submissions, including from illustrators, go to childrens@jennybrownassociates.com.

Links

Websitejennybrownassociates.com/about-us
Submissionsjennybrownassociates.com/submissions
Emaillisa@jennybrownassociates.com

Instagraminstagram.com/mslisahighton

Clients include

Kirsty Wark
Sally Magnusson
Monty Don
Ruth Hogan
Janet Skeslien Charles
Janet Ellis
Sarah Haywood
Susan Calman
Wendy Cope