Betsy Lerner

About the Agent

Betsy Lerner worked as an editor for 16 years before becoming an agent. She mostly works with non-fiction writers in the areas of science, psychology, history, cultural studies, biography, current events, and memoir. 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, and The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers.

Represented authors

• Heather Armstrong
• Henry Dunow
• Philip Galanes
• George Hodgson
• Wendy McClure
• Jenefer Shute
• Carolyn Slaughter
• Patti Smith
• Elizabeth Wurtzel
• Jean Zimmerman