Betsy Amster graduated from the University of Michigan in 1975. She began her publishing career as an editor at Pantheon and Vintage (a subsidiary of Penguin), spending a combined ten years at those companies before moving to Globe Pequot Press as its Editorial Director. While at Vintage, Betsy acquired her first reprint deal after just four months at the company; the title was later named as one of The New York Times<\/i>‘ Notable Books of the Year.<\/p>\n
Betsy founded her literary agency, Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises, in 1992. He success led to a profile in The Los Angeles Times<\/i>, which noted that she was a “dogged prospector of… literary talent”. She was also profiled in the newsletter of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. She is a frequent lecturer at Portland State’s Publishing Program and PEN USA’s Emerging Voices program, in addition to moderating panel discussions at the annual LA Times Festival of Books, the largest book festival in the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-914319","agent","type-agent","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n