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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 three of my published short stories were
nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
When necessary, I
support myself with administrative work and I have 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 Have
Dance Will Travel (which I co-owned with Johann Murray) in Santa Fe, and at
Booth’s
Dancesport Ballroom in Denver,
Colorado.
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.
Currently a resident of North Vancouver, Canada, I previously lived in beautiful Colorado
for almost two decades. 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. Working
primarily in fiction
at this time, I have completed several novels and a novella.
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