Jennifer Pooley, Editor
Jennifer Pooley is an Editor at William Morrow/HarperCollins where she specializes in developing new voices in literary and mainstream fiction and non-fiction (memoir; history; biography, journalism, social and popular science). Above all, on both the fiction and non-fiction side she is interested in emotionally compelling storylines that allow the reader to experience the human condition through a distinctly new prism. She also is especially interested in narratives steeped in history—both factual and imagined—and often finds herself drawn to stories with a knowing wink to the fantastical. She also acquires more whimsical women’s commercial fiction and non-fiction, including memoir that delivers an unforgettable arm chair experience such as Marjorie Hart’s Summer At Tiffany (forthcoming in April 2007) a title she acquired following the January 2006 San Diego State University Writer’s Conference; and gift/humour titles with a pop culture slant such as her titles This Little Piggy Went to Prada: Nursery Rhymes for the Blahnik Brigade and The Official Guide to Christmas in the South: Or, if You Can’t Fry It, SprayPaint It Gold. She publishes such critically acclaimed authors as K.L. Cook (The Girl from Charnelle); Willy Vlautin (The Motel Life); Catherine Hanrahan (Lost Girls and Love Hotels); Christopher Bram (Exiles in America); Maud Casey (Genealogy); John Barlow (Eating Mammals: Three Novellas and Intoxicated: A Novel); Daniel James Brown (reprint: Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894); and Lisa Jewell (Vince and Joy), amongst others; and has worked with such authors as A. Manette Ansay; Stephen J. Dubner; Dennis Lehane; and Jennifer Haigh during her eight years with William Morrow. Note: she does not acquire or scout for genre titles: romance; mystery; fantasy; or crime, nor does she accept unsolicited submissions previous to or following the conference.  Unsolicited submissions will not be opened nor returned.