Philip Beard

Philip Beard was born, raised and then stayed in Pittsburgh, PA where he practiced law full time for ten years before turning to writing. He is best known for his first novel, DEAR ZOE, which was a Book Sense Pick, a Borders Original Voices selection, and was named by the American Library Association's "Booklist" as one of its Ten Best First Novels of the year. DEAR ZOE is now in development as a feature film. His latest novel, SWING, is the 2016 IPPY Gold Medal Winner for Contemporary Fiction and is now available in paperback.