Eleanor Birne joins David Godwin Associates

Eleanor Birne, former publishing director at John Murray, is joining David Godwin Associates.

Joining the agency as literary agent on Monday 3rd September, she will be building a list of literary fiction and non-fiction authors and can be contacted at eleanor@davidgodwinassociates.co.uk">eleanor@davidgodwinassociates.co.uk.

Commenting on the move, Birne said: "I have always admired the brilliant list of authors at DGA. I’m looking forward to extending the list of writers and to working with the rest of the DGA team."

Prior to her time at John Murray, Birne was editorial director for Duckworth Publishers. She is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books and has also spent the past two years working on a PhD about the history of Virago Press.