Cathie Beck Explained

Birth Date:August 3, 1955
Birth Place:Fort Dodge, Iowa
Alma Mater:Louisiana Tech University
Occupation:Journalist

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]

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.[10]

On June 30, 2023, Beck was found guilty for failure to pay child support.[11]

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.[12]

References

Douglas County Sherifs Departmemt, State of Nebraska

Notes and References

  1. News: Guttau . Jim . Cathie Beck Launches Memoir . YourHub . . 2009-08-07 . 2012-02-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120307161724/http://yourhub.denverpost.com/Page/YourHub/UGC/83/8333/83335_/83335___/83335/Post/2009/08/83335_14837_644493.xml . 2012-03-07 .
  2. Web site: Encore! Interview with Cathie Beck - Author of Cheap Cabernet, A Friendship . https://archive.today/20120710051130/http://m.blogtalkradio.com/swattonlive/2009/10/06/Encore-Interview-with-Cathie-Beck--Author-of-Cheap-Cabernet-A-Friendship . dead . 2012-07-10 . Swatton Live . . 2009-10-06 . 2012-02-17 .
  3. Web site: Catalog: Summer 2010: Cheap Cabernet . . 2009-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120301111957/http://www.hyperioncatalogs.com/Hyperion/1296_1382_333037333133.htm . 2012-03-01.
  4. Web site: The On-Sale Calendar: July 2010 . . 2010-02-20 . 2012-02-17.
  5. Web site: Hyperion Summer 2010 . . 35 . July 2010 . 2012-02-17.
  6. Web site: Kennedy . Lesley . 2009-10-06 . VIDEO – Cathie Beck on her book 'Cheap Cabernet' . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306142121/http://denveralamode.com/2009/10/video-author-cathie-beck-on-cheap-cabernet/ . 2012-03-06 . 2012-02-17 . Denver à la Mode.
  7. Web site: Journalism: A-C Alumni . . 2013-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150905193248/http://www.latech.edu/journalism/alum_a_c.shtml . 2015-09-05 . dead .
  8. Web site: Meet the critics . . 2008-12-04 . 2013-09-23.
  9. Web site: Cathie Beck—The Wine Wench . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131016003155/http://www.cobizmag.com/author/cathie-beck-the-wine-wench . 2013-10-16 .
  10. Web site: Bios . Sustainable Business Group.
  11. Web site: BECK v. (Catherine Beck, Respondent-Appellee). (2023) .
  12. Web site: Cathie Beck (Author of Cheap Cabernet) . . 2010-10-26 . 2012-02-17.

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