
Born in Glendale, California, Beatrice grew up in Southern California. After graduating from Pomona College, she worked in publishing near San Francisco. There she met and married Robert Gormley, and they moved to Massachusetts. They have two daughters. Since age 9 Beatrice had wanted to become a writer. But it wasn't until after her children were born that she really focused on her writing. In 1981 her first book, Mail Order Wings,was published. Since then she's written many popular novels and biographies for young people. Her most recent books are Second Lives, a novel of humans and other animals, and the biography Joe Biden: Our 46th President.

2002

Young Aviator
2000

1994

1996

1994

Our 44th President
2008

1983

The Man Behind Narnia
1997

Young Royalty
2005

1982

Women Who Called the White House Home
1997

2013

Our 46th President
2020

Young Statesman
2006

Young Pioneer
2001

Young Novelist
2008

1981

A Revolutionary Voice
2008

The Soul of an Astronomer
1995

1999

South African Revolutionary
2015

A Story of Mary Magdalene
2001

The People's Pope
2017

Our Forty-Third President
2000

2007

1985