Robert Caskie

About

Before establishing Robert Caskie Ltd. I co-founded independent literary agency Caskie Mushens. Previously, I was a senior Literary Agent and COO at Peters Fraser + Dunlop for eight years, after working at MacFarlane Chard Associates and Capel & Land Ltd.
My fiction clients include Sunday Times bestsellers Sarah Winman and Libby Page, Richard and Judy Bookclub author Matson Taylor, and Manda Scott who has been shortlisted for several prizes including the Orange Prize and won the 2019 McIlvanney Prize. My non-fiction clients include Sunday Times Bestsellers Louis Theroux and Clover Stroud, Sir Trevor McDonald, nature writer Marc Hamer, and Lord Michael Cashman.
I also represent many journalists including radio and tv-presenter Emma Barnett, Sunday Times bestsellers Kate Spicer and Lorraine Candy.
Before becoming a literary agent I worked in film PR in New York and I was a founding partner in the 1990s of euphorium restaurant and bakery in Islington.

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United Kingdom

Agent since 2000

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Collapse section Fiction Open

I am keen to receive fiction and non-fiction writing that stimulates debate, comments on the world around us, and evokes an emotional response.
I am especially keen to see literary and reading group fiction, and stories with commercial cross-over appeal. Authors I admire include Anne Enright, Jon McGregor, Kevin Barry, Maggie O’Farrell, Marilynne Robinson and Colm Toibin.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

With non-fiction I am most interested in narrative non-fiction, nature writing, memoir, politics, and social issues. Recent books I enjoyed include Motherwell by Deborah Orr, Notes to Self by Emilie Pine, Underland by Robert MacFarlane and Humankind by Rutger Bregman.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Memoir.
Nature/Environment.
Politics/Political Science.
Society/Culture: Social issues.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Last Updated: 14 Aug 2026

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