Mulcahy Conway Associates

Mulcahy Conway Associates has secured major publishing deals for new writers as well as advancing the careers of more established figures. We are always hunting for talented new authors. Although we usually find these via contacts and recommendations, we welcome unsolicited manuscripts. If you wish to submit your work to the agency please follow the guidelines on the submissions page.

Mulcahy Conway Associates is known for the high-quality of its book submissions. We work creatively with our authors on their book proposals, both editing their writing and shaping the structure of their work before submitting to publishers.

We are proud to sponsor two annual creative writing prizes as part of our commitment to discovering exciting writing talent. The Mulcahy Conway Associates Award, in association with The Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester, is for the best novel in progress by a student on that university's MA in Creative Writing. Our award for the best piece of unpublished children's and young adult fiction is offered in conjunction with The Northern Writers' Centre, the partnership between New Writing North, the writing development agency for the North East of England, and The School of English at Newcastle University. This award is open to anyone living or working in the North East of England.

Ivan Mulcahy

Ivan Mulcahy was born in Dublin. After studying Politics at Trinity College, he moved to London and joined Reuters, the leading global news and information business. Ivan spent fourteen years with Reuters, including four in New York, four in Stockholm and three in his home town, Dublin. He was promoted rapidly and at the time of leaving in the late 1990s was responsible for all Reuters business in North Europe (250 staff across eight countries containing four international news bureaux). Ivan then became one of the principals of a successful international information technology business called MetaMatrix Inc. Passionate about books and film, in 2002 he founded a literary agency. Ivan particularly enjoys working with authors of memoir or biography. He also likes finding new voices in fiction for children. In addition, he is looking for new crime or thriller writers.



Jonathan Conway

Jonathan Conway was born in London. After graduating with first class honours in English Language and Literature from Oxford University, he studied French language at l'Université de Franche-Comté. He then completed a Masters degree in the History of International Relations at the London School of Economics. Prior to becoming a literary agent, Jonathan worked as a researcher in the House of Commons and as a journalist for several national newspapers and magazines. He represents a diverse list of fiction and non-fiction writers, from the very commercial to the literary, and manages the publishing careers of a growing list of high-profile media and sports personalities.



Laetitia Rutherford

Laetitia Rutherford read English at Balliol College, Oxford. After graduating, she briefly lived in New York, then returned to London and joined Prospect magazine. She moved to HarperCollins as Marketing Executive in 1998, then in 2001 decided to take a Masters in Twentieth Century Literature at Goldsmiths College. She freelanced as a reader and copywriter, before joining Toby Eady Associates as a Literary Agent in 2003, working with key clients and developing her list. Now representing a mix of fiction and non-fiction writers, she is particularly looking for historical novels and women's commercial fiction, as well as outstanding literary novels. As a Londoner she is also keen on urban fiction, with a thought-provoking edge. In non-fiction, she likes strong writing and argument, as well as humour.



Stephanie Cohen

Stephanie Cohen is Business Manager of Mulcahy Conway Associates. In addition to running the agency's office and finances, Stephanie is responsible for all author accounting. After working in other industries, Stephanie joined the accounts department of The Publishers Association in 1987. She subsequently moved to manage the royalty departments of Little, Brown, then Bloomsbury, and later Thames and Hudson. She has also worked as royalties accountant within Orion. Stephanie was previously Business Manager when at Texere Publishing, now part of Thomson Learning. In July 2008 Stephanie graduated with first class honours in Humanities and English from Birkbeck College, University of London.



Kate Rizzo

Kate Rizzo studied English and History at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. She started as an assistant at the literary agency The Robbins Office, Inc. in New York City before becoming the Rights Director in 2005. In 2009, she moved to London where she worked as the Rights Manager at AM Heath & Co., Ltd. Now in charge of the translation rights for Mulcahy Conway Associates, she works closely with sub-agents in some territories and directly with publishers in the Baltics, Brazil, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Scandinavia, and Spain.