The Agency

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.

Jonathan Conway

Jonathan Conway was born in London. After graduating with first class honours in English 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.

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.