Betsy Lerner is the author of the popular advice book to writers, The Forest for the Trees, and the memoirs Food and Loathing and The Bridge Ladies. She received an MFA from Columbia University in Poetry. A publishing professional for over thirty years, Lerner is a literary agent in New York. Shred Sisters is her first novel.
Accomplished... A poignantly engrossing tale for anyone caught in the webs of sibling rivalry * Financial Times * A sensitive exploration of loving someone with mental health issues, with characters you'll fall for * Good Housekeeping * Lerner... is incapable of writing an unnecessary sentence * Daily Mail * I love this book. It moves like a souped-up pickup truck -- Patti Smith, author of Just Kids Lerner has created a richly layered family novel that manages to be raucously funny, insightful, and tender... I will be thinking about the Shred Sisters for a long time -- Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, author of Good Company