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 {{US-novelist-1960s-stub