Eleanor Birne joins RCW as literary agent

RCW Literary Agency has announced that Eleanor Birne has joined the company as a literary agent.

She was previously an agent with PEW Literary, and prior to that, a publishing director at John Murray before becoming an agent first at David Godwin Associates and latterly at PEW Literary where she has built a strong list of authors including Mary Costello, Louise Kennedy and Michael Magee.

Birne said: "I have loved my time at PEW Literary working with such talented, creative people. I have always admired RCW and the extraordinary list of writers it represents and am very excited to be joining such an impressive team."

Peter Straus, m.d. of RCW, said: "I am delighted Eleanor Birne has joined RCW. In a short space of time she has become a very impressive agent with a terrific list and all of us at RCW look forward to working with her."

Her writers have been awarded or shortlisted for numerous prizes including the Nero Book Award for Debut Fiction, British Book Award Book of the Year: Debut Fiction, The McKitterick Prize, A N Post Irish Book Award: Novel of the Year, Waterstones Irish Book of the Year, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, The Rooney Prize, Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, and Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize.

Birne is actively building a list of new authors at the agency and is looking for writers from all backgrounds and regions who have a unique story to tell – whether in fiction or non-fiction.

She can be contacted at eleanor@rcwlitagency.com