Betsy Amster is a literary agent with Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises. Before opening the agency, principal Betsy Amster spent ten years as an editor at Pantheon and Vintage and two years as editorial director of the Globe Pequot Press. She has been described in the Los Angeles Times as “a dogged prospector ofÉliterary talent” and celebrated in a profile in the American Society of Journalists and Authors newsletter for her “no-nonsense style and whimsical sense of humor.” She is a frequent guest speaker for PEN USA’s Emerging Voices Program, UCLA Extension’s Writers Program, USC’s Masters in Professional Writing Program, and The Loft and frequently moderates panels at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.