Bettina Schrewe Literary Scouting is an international book consulting company founded in 1995. Bettina’s clients include publishers in Scandinavia, the UK, Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Scandinavia, Latin America, Taiwan and Israel. The books Bettina scouts for are literary, up-market and commercial fiction, everything in non-fiction, self-help titles, middle-grade and young adult novels. Authors she has brought to her clients include Frank McCourt, Michael Cunningham, Jonathan Franzen, Nam Le, Jumpha Lahiri, Chad Harbach, Alice Sebold, Lauren Weisberger, Sebastian Junger, Mitch Albom, Dave Sobel, Walter Isaacson, David Brooks, Diane Keaton, and many more.
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