Betsy Lerner
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
Likely Open
Updated: 9/10/2025
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Agent Information
Agent Bio
Betsy Lerner worked as an editor for 16 years before becoming an agent.
Lerner was the recipient of the Tony Godwin Publishing Prize.
She holds an MFA from Columbia University and is the author of Food & Loathing, The Bridge Ladies, The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers, and Shred Sisters.
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Submission Requirements
Fiction Requirements
Nonfiction Requirements
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Genres
Genres Represented
Fiction
Not Available or None Listed
Nonfiction
- Biography
- Cultural Studies
- Current Events
- History
- Psychology
- Science
Genres Not Represented
None listed or not available
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About Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
Agency Profile
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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