ABOUT
Hello!
I'm Jane Sturrock and I work with publishers, authors, agents and talent managers on commercial non-fiction.
Two decades
in-house
HarperNonFiction
Quercus
Orion
Most recently I was Publisher at HarperNonFiction, and spent over fifteen years at Quercus and Orion before that. Across those years I commissioned, edited and published numerous Sunday Times bestsellers, from gift and humour, celebrity memoir and TV tie-ins to self-help, health and personal development.
If I’m asked which books I’m most proud of, I tend to talk about three projects. I acquired The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k by the inimitable anti-guru Sarah Knight, which went on to inspire a genre of sweary self-help; I developed the Famous Five for Grown-Ups series, including 2016’s Christmas number one, Five on Brexit Island; and I published Layla Saad’s Me and White Supremacy, which, as well as being a Sunday Times bestseller, has become an indispensable resource for white people wanting to challenge racism.
How I work
I’m straightforward to work with. I read quickly, I’m honest without being brutal, and having spent almost two decades in-house I understand what publishers are looking for.
I live in Hertfordshire with my family, and work with publishers and authors in the UK and further afield.
Have a gap to fill or a book that isn’t quite working yet?
Drop me a line and tell me a little about it. I’m always happy to have a first chat.
say hello
jane@janesturockbooks.com