About Us Welcome. Robert Astle and Associates Literary Management Inc. is a literary agency based in New York City. After working for twenty-five years in professional theater, he is turning his creative, editorial, and savvy networking skills into a new venture, representing authors of the highest caliber. Working in cooperation with the Agency is a team of sub-agents selling foreign territories, film and media rights, as well as a select group of professional readers. We believe that interesting people write interesting books, and it takes, among many attributes, energy and persistence to build a long-term writing career. We also believe it takes an agency that will provide detailed editorial notes and sound career advice to develop and support a writers' career in the sometimes-bewildering world of literary and commercial publishing. We believe that the manuscript and proposal must be both irresistible and professional. We work tirelessly to negotiate the best possible deal and continue our support and advice through publication, promotion, brand name building and beyond. We are especially interested in receiving non-fiction projects with a wide range of topics, including narrative non-fiction, popular culture, arts and culture, theater and performance, sports, travel, celebrity, biography, politics, memoir, history, new media and multi-ethnic. We are actively seeking writers of literary fiction and commercial fiction-mysteries and suspense, thrillers, mainstream literary fiction, historical fiction, women's fiction, humor and satire and graphic novels. We will also seek writers in the genre of young audiences: middle grade and teen. Working initially with a small client base, we are committed to providing a full service literary and intellectual property management. Please read the submission guidelines carefully, and make sure your query letter is the best it can be.