Betsy Lerner
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
Likely Open
Updated: 9/10/2025
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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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- Emily Flitter
- Amanda Fortini
- David Glasgow
- Temple Grandin
- Katheen Hale
- Eli Gottlieb
- Brad Kessler
- Chaiti Sen
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