Peter Beren

Peter Beren is a literary agent who also serves as a publishing consultant to authors and publishers. Formerly Vice-President, Publishing at Insight Editions, Publisher of Sierra Club Books, Publisher of VIA Books, Executive Editor at And/Or Press, Inc. and an Acquisition Editor for Jeremy Tarcher, he has more than 30 years experience in the publishing industry. The author of eight books, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Peter's books include: The Writers Legal Companion (with Brad Bunnin), California the Beautiful (photos by Galen Rowell), Vintage San Francisco (photos by Moulin Studio), Hidden Napa Valley (photos by Wes Walker), Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra (photos by Gary Crabbe) and Moving into Space (with the New Dimensions Foundation), The Golden Gate (photos by Morton Bebee) and More True Than Strange. The Writers legal Companion has been continuously in print for more than 30 years and is considered to be a classic in its field.