Cathie Beck
American journalist (born 1955)
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Cathie Beck (born August 3, 1955) is an American journalist and creative writer based in Denver, Colorado. Her memoir Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship, which she self-published in October 2009,[1][2] was published by Hyperion Books in July 2010.[3][4][5]
Cathie Beck | |
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Beck in 2017 | |
| Born | August 3, 1955 |
| Alma mater | Louisiana Tech University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Iris Dart, author of “Beaches” endorses Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship on the book cover. Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship got picked up by Hyperion Books after it hit No. 1 Amazon Movers & Shakers.
Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship went on to win:
Midwest Booksellers Association – Best New Book
Target Stores Emerging Author Selection
Women's National Book Association Great Group Read – Finalist
Books for a Better Life Award – Finalist
Denver Women's Press Club – 1st Place, Non-Fiction
Denver Post Books – Five Times Best Seller
Biography
Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Beck has lived in Indianapolis, Indiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Boulder, Colorado. She currently resides in Denver, Colorado.[6]
Graduate of the Louisiana Tech University Journalism Department,[7] and the Creative Writing Graduate Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Beck has written for the Daily Camera (Boulder), the Los Angeles Times, The Denver Post, The Rocky Mountain News,[8] The Denver Business Journal, Poets & Writers Magazine, and Writer's Digest. She presently contributes to a number of major publications, including The Denver Post, and is “The Wine Wench” columnist for ColoradoBiz magazine[9] and KUVO in Denver, Colorado.
She is the recipient of the Louisiana Press Women's and Denver Press Woman's Writing Awards, the Scripps-Howard Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the University of Colorado-Louisiana Tech University's Dean's Award for Writing.
Literary Influences
Beck's literary influences include Flannery O'Connor, Dorothy Parker, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Raymond Carver, Barbara Kingsolver, Frank McCourt, and David Sedaris.[10]