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Jemima Forrester

David Higham Associates

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Representscommercial fiction, upmarket fiction, book club fiction, crime, thrillers, +8 more
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Looking forCommercial and upmarket fiction: book club/accessibly literary, crime/thrillers, upmarket historical...
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