Henry Dunow
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
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Updated: 9/10/2025
Agent Information
Agent Bio
Henry Dunow began his career as a literary agent in the early 1980s, with stints at Curtis Brown and Harold Ober Associates before founding his own agency in 1997, which has since evolved into Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency.
Over the years he’s discovered and introduced a number of new, younger writers who’ve gone on to become established literary voices – and is particularly proud of that.
He is the author of The Way Home, a memoir about fatherhood.
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Clients
- Boris Fishman
- Leigh Gallagher
- Steven Galloway
- Elizabeth Graver
- Stephen Amidon
- Kevin Baker
- Nigel Cliff
- Damien Echols
- Patrick McDonnell
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Genres Information
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Commercial Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Literary Fiction
Nonfiction
- Biography
- Cultural
- Cultural Criticism
- Current Affairs
- History
- Memoirs
- Science
- Sports
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Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency represents literary and commercial fiction, a wide range of nonfiction, and children's literature for all ages.
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