About Eleanor

Eleanor is an author, constant reader and creative writing teacher.

She was born and raised in the US, Germany and Pakistan but now lives in Sydney, Australia. Her first novel, What Was Left, came out in 2013 with Sleepers Publishing. Her second novel, Long Bay, was released in 2015. In 2018 her third novel, The Passengers, was published by Allen & Unwin. In June 2022 her fourth novel, The Coast, was released with Allen & Unwin. She has had short fiction, book reviews, feature articles and essays published in lots of places (see published work). Eleanor is on the board of directors at Writing NSW.

She is available to speak about writing and has been on panels and moderated sessions with other writers at libraries, bookstores, classrooms and literary festivals, both in Australia and internationally.

She is represented by Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary:
[email protected].

Author photo by Bronwyn Rennex.