Beth Kander

Beth is a USA Today best-selling novelist and dramatist with tangled roots in the Midwest and Deep South. Described as a "genre-defying author and playwright" (Oxford American), Beth's writing often explores how worlds old and new connect--or collide. She was recently in the inaugural cohort of the Dramatists Guild Foundation's National Fellows program (2024-2025); her work has appeared in Oprah Daily, Writer's Digest, Slackjaw, Frazzled, American Theatre, and elsewhere. Beth holds degrees from Brandeis University (BA), University of Michigan (MSW), and Mississippi University for Women (MFA), where she serves as adjunct Creative Writing faculty. She currently resides in Chicagoland, and is lucky to live there with her favorite characters: her husband and their two hilarious kids.