Beth Kephart is the author of twenty-two books, publishing memoir, young adult literature, a corporate fairytale, an autobiography of a river, and an essay and photography collection. Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir (Gotham), based in part on Kephart's teaching at Penn (where she won the 2015 Beltran Teaching Award), won the 2013 Books for a Better Life Award (Motivational Category), was featured as a top writing book by O Magazine, and was named a Best Writing Book by Poets and Writers. Wild Blues (Dlouhy/Atheneum/S&S) received multiple stars. This Is the Story of You (Chronicle) was a Junior Library Guild and Scholastic Book Club selection, won a place on the 2017 TAYSHAS list, was named to the VOYA Magazine Perfect Tens list, and was named a Top Ten New Jersey Book. Small Damages (Philomel) was named a 2013 Carolyn W. Field Honor Book and a best book of the year by many publications. Going Over (Chronicle) was the 2014 Parents' Choice, Gold Medal Winner/Historical Fiction, named a Booklist Editor's Choice, and was voted a 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime by Goodreads, among other honors. One Thing Stolen (Chronicle) is a 2015 Parents' Choice Gold Medal winner and an Amazon pick, among other honors. Kephart's 2014 Shebooks e-memoir, Nest. Flight. Sky.: On Love and Loss One Wing at a Time, was selected for a print anthology. Her 2013 middle grade historical novel, Dr. Radway's Sarsaparilla Resolvent (Temple University Press), was named a top book of the year by Kirkus.
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