THE MAKING OF A LITERARY AGENT

I became interested in stories as a child while listening to the telling and retelling of the incredible true adventures of some of my ancestors.

• My 5X great-grandfather, Captain John Autrey, was Captain of Militia of Wilkes County, Georgia during the American Revolution and rode with Elijah Clarke. He was killed by the Creek Indians in 1788.
   
• My 4X great-uncle was Micajah Autry. He ran away from home at age sixteen to volunteer as a soldier in the War of 1812. In 1836 he rode with Davy Crockett to the Alamo.
   
• Another of my 3X great-uncles was James Lockart Autry, Sr. He was a Lt. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and was Post Commandant at Vicksburg, Misssissippi during the seige of early 1862. When Commodore Farragut demanded surrender of the city, Lt. Col. Autry replied, "Mississippians don't know, and refuse to learn, how to surrender."
   
• My great-uncle, James Lockart Autry, Jr., was a Texas Judge and one of the original founders of the Texaco Oil Company.  He also owned the Sun-Light Publishing Company and the Corsicana Daily Sun.
   
• Gene Autry, 'America's Favorite Singing Cowboy', was my uncle, a couple times removed. 
   

Listening to the tales from my family tree got me interested in stories of all kinds, and at a very young age I knew that books and stories would be my life. I've never wanted to do anything else.

Today I am proud to be a literary agent because writing represents the best of America, and no other person works harder to achieve their goals, or is more dedicated to their dreams, than the American author.
 
 
 
  
 
 

-Ron Autrey