Simon Astaire
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Simon Jack Astaire is an author, agent, and media advisor. His first novel, PRIVATE PRIVILEGE, was published Fall 2008 by Quartet Books and became a best seller. The story is a rites of passage through the eyes of a public school boy. The sequel 'AND YOU ARE...?' was published the following year . It is set in Hollywood, Las Vegas and London. His third novel, MR COLES was published in May 2011. It takes place in an English Prep School and follows the tortured life of one of its masters. It was described in one review as' illuminating the dark alleys of the human condition.' His fourth novel , 'THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH' is due for publication in November 2013. The story is set on December 21, 1988; the day of the Lockerbie disaster. His first authorised biography is the account of soccer star Sol Campbell due for publication in April 2014.
Astaire was recruited by the talent agency International Creative Management (ICM) UK, where he became the youngest agent yet to be employed by the firm. During his ten-year career as head of young artists (clients included Oscar Winner Rachel Weisz) and international signings at ICM, Simon established a thriving music department.
In 1997 he became Chief Executive of Protocol Multimedia with diverse media divisions that included personal representation, product and celebrity endorsement and PR, working with companies such as Bvlgari, Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Alfred Dunhill and Saatchi & Saatchi. Charlize Theron was contracted to Bvlgari as Lady Helen Taylor was to Armani and Calvin Klein. Astaire negotiated an unprecedented deal between writer Fay Weldon and Bvlgari; she was commissioned to write a novel 'The Bvlgari Connection' in what was the first commission of its kind.
Among Astaire's clients are members of the Hollywood establishment and the British Royal Family, including Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Lady Gabriella Windsor, and Lord Frederick Windsor. He is regularly quoted on their behalf in the national press.
Astaire appears as a pundit regularly on CNN, Sky News, Five and other networks commenting upon all key media and celebrity stories.
He is a trustee of the MTV Foundation, a charitable arm to MTV Networks.
Born June 3, at St.Mary's, Paddington in London to stockbroker Edgar Astaire and interior designer Lesley Jacklin. He was educated at Wellesley House in Kent and Harrow School. Astaire's son, Milo Astaire, was born June 1993. Milo's mother is model Saffron Aldridge. His uncle is the sport and property entrepreneur Jarvis Astaire. Astaire has lived much of his working life in London and Los Angeles.