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I'm the award-winning writer of more than two-dozen books in multiple genres—memoir, middle grade and young adult fiction, picture books, history, corporate fable, and books on the making of memoir. I'm also an award-winning teacher at the University of Pennsylvania, co-founder of Juncture Workshops, and an essayist and critic with work appearing in The New York Times, Life magazine, Ninth Letter, Catapult, The Millions, The Rumpus, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and elsewhere. Please visit me at junctureworkshops.com or bethkephartbooks.com.
A Philadelphia Story
2025
The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom
2023
What William Morris Made
2022
A Story Inspired by Virginia Woolf's Famous Essay
2022
The Master Memoir Class
2021
Henriette Wyeth's World
2021
A Memoir in Essays
2021
2020
2020
2018
2017
A memoir writing workbook
2017
2016
A Philadelphia Affair
2015
2015
2014
2014
On the Writing of Memoir
2013
2013
2012
2011
2010
2010
2009
2008
2007
The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River
2007
Reflections on Endings, Beginnings, and the Unearthing of Self
2005
Nurturing the Imagination in a Fast-Forward World
2004
2002
A Memoir of the Things That Matter
2000
One Child's Courage
1998
