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I
grew up in Nürnberg,
Germany, not far from the castle, reading fairy-tales and playing in World War
II ruins. After graduating from a
Lutheran girls high school, I studied at Georgetown University College of Arts
and Sciences, which had until shortly before been a Catholic boys college.
I graduated 10th in my class with a B.A. in English and
Philosophy and I am a member of Phi Beta Kappa. While
at Georgetown University I studied with poet Roland Flint, former poet laureate
of Maryland, with whom I remained friends until his death in 2001.
I also befriended late science fiction writer Roger Zelazny and his
family, whose acquaintance I first made as their private ballroom dance teacher
in the 1980s. I have published short stories and poetry, as well as a book of poems under former names, Beate Goldman and Beate Murray, as well as under my current name. Please see my publications. I won a 6th place award in the 2003 New Century Writers short story contest (alas, the erstwhile prestigious New Century Writers contest group went out of operation that year before I received my award money. Bummer!) and two of my stories published in Moondance in 2004 were nominated for a Pushcart Prize. I
support myself with administrative work and spent many years teaching ballroom dance
and competing professionally in the American Rhythm/Latin division.
I have taught ballroom dance at the Aurora Community College, Metro State College and The
University of Northern Colorado, as well as privately at
Booth’s
Dancesport Ballroom.
I have also taught Argentine Tango, "Writing in A Woman's Voice," and "Mastering the
Written Word: 50 Tips for Editing and Proofreading" at
Colorado
Free University. A resident of Colorado since 1992, I facilitated one of several critique groups of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers for over two years. I am also a member of the International Women’s Writing Guild. I spend much of my strictly writing time in Vancouver, Canada. Working
primarily in fiction at this time, I
have completed five novels and a novella.
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