Betsy Lerner is the author of THE FOREST FOR THE TREES and FOOD AND LOATHING. She received an MFA from Columbia University in Poetry and was the recipient of a Thomas Wolfe Poetry Prize, an Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize, and was one of PEN’s Emerging Writers in 1987. She also received the Tony Godwin Publishing Prize for Editors Under 35. After working as an editor for 15 years, she became an agent and is a partner with Dunow, Carlson and Lerner Literary Agency.
(A few other things happened during this time. Things they don’t give prizes for.)
Betsy frequently gives talks on every aspect of the publishing process from her perspective as an author, former editor and agent. Please see Events .
