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Jenny Woolf travelled a great deal as a child. She attended sixteen schools in various countries, and spent some periods off school entirely. This didn't do much for her formal education, but it gave her plenty of time to read, which she greatly appreciated.
After an art training at Bournemouth School of Art, she freelanced as a journalist for UK national newspapers and magazines. She was a contributing editor of the national American travel magazine Islands between 1994 and 2006, writing European-based features about personalities, notable travellers and interesting destinations. She continued to work for British and foreign publications and for the BBC, and made a half hour Radio 4 programme about Lewis Carroll in late 2006.
She has had a lifelong interest in Lewis Carroll, and her researches eventually led her to discover his private bank account in an archive where it had been kept, forgotten, for over a hundred years. This led to the publication of "Lewis Carroll In his Own Account" (Jabberwock Press, 2005). She has contributed to several books on travel related topics.
She has a keen interest in children's writing and has reviewed children's books for the Hampstead and Highgate Express for 20 years.She is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and the Society of Authors. She is married with two daughters and lives in Swiss Cottage, North-west London.
how I found the agency
I have no idea how I came to be staring at Andrew Lownie’s website, but I suspect I had simply typed “literary agent” into Google. Andrew’s site must be cleverly designed, because it appears almost at the top of the first page of links.
Having found the site, I read it and I liked it. It was straightforward, sensible and full of interesting information, and Andrew himself sounded accessible and helpful. So I emailed my proposal to him, and was surprised to receive a call the very next day.
His observations on my proposal were well organised and constructive, and I was pleased when he suggested that we work together. Just to be on the safe side, though, I checked his ratings on “PrEditors and Editors,” a site which gives the lowdown on agents and publishers. I was glad to see that he was well recommended, and I expect he was too!
external link
Jenny Woolf's website: www.jabberwock.co.uk
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