Philip Beard (born 1963) is an American
novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...
.
He was educated at
Colgate University
Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...
and the
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
The University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Pitt Law) was founded in 1895. It became a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools in 1900. Its primary home facility is the Barco Law Building. The school offers four degrees: Master ...
. His novel, ''Swing'', was a finalist for the
Casey Award
The Casey Award has been given to the best baseball book of the year since 1983. The award was begun by Mike Shannon and W.J. Harrison, editors and co-founders of ''Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine''.
Casey Award recipients
*1983 – Er ...
in 2015.
Works
* ''
Dear Zoe
''Dear Zoe'' is an epistolary, young-adult novel by the American writer Philip Beard. which was first published in 2004. The narrator is fifteen-year-old Tess DeNunzio, who writes to her younger sister Zoe about her experiences after Zoe died. T ...
'', a novel (New York: Viking, 2005)
* ''
Lost in the Garden'', a novel (New York: Viking, 2006)
* ''Swing'', a novel (New York: Van Buren, 2015)
Sources
''Contemporary Authors Online''. The Gale Group, 2006. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000162696.
External links
Philip Beard webpage
1963 births
Living people
21st-century American novelists
Writers from Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh School of Law alumni
Colgate University alumni
American male novelists
21st-century American male writers
Novelists from Pennsylvania
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