Agent Jessica Woollard moves to David Higham

Jessica Woollard, previously primary agent at the Marsh Agency, has joined David Higham Associates.

Woollard has represented award-winning authors across non-fiction and fiction, including Rob Cowen, Stanley Donwood, Charles Foster, Paul Kingsnorth; and Hitomi Kanehara; as well as Helen Macdonald, whose bestseller H is for Hawk (Vintage) won both the Samuel Johnson and the Costa Award and is published in 25 countries worldwide.

Pre-eminent Cambridge Fellow Robert Macfarlane, Fred Pearce, Taichi Yamada and other authors will all move to David Higham Associates with Woollard.
 
Woollard said: "I’ve long admired the excellent team at David Higham. I’m looking forward immensely to working alongside them and I’m very happy to have such an impressive new home for my clients."
 
Anthony Goff, managing director of David Higham Associates, said: "Jessica is an agent with immaculate taste and she has already had a number of big successes. We are delighted to welcome her and her wonderful list of clients to David Higham.”