Dear Zoe in the Media
Larger Realities from Smaller Perspectives - NPR Pittsburgh
Striking in its characterizations and brilliantly precise in its dissections of both adolescence and human nature, Dear Zoe deftly juxtaposes a national catastrophe with personal tragedy…
Penguin Interview & Reader's Guide
Philip sat down with Penguin to discuss his first novel, Dear Zoe. His delightful interview dives deep into the highs and lows of writing from a young girl's perspective to the challenges of transition from legal writing to finishing his first novel. If you love all things Dear Zoe, you'll definitely want to check out Penguin…
Eyeonbooks Audio Interview
Writer’s Digest Article
Philip Beard couldn’t help but wonder if he’d made a mistake. It was 2002, and the attorney and 41-year-old father of two (plus a baby on the way) had left his unfulfilling law career—with his pregnant wife’s hesitant blessing—for the fragile world of full-time fiction writing…
WQED Multi Media Interview
Watch WQED’s Carol Lee Espy interview Philip about the unique writing and publishing process of Dear Zoe. Find out what gave Philip the push to begin to write fiction, and how the main character, Tess, is based on his own daughter, Cali.
KRBC Radio San Francisco
Book Reporter "One to Watch" Interview
Bookreporter.com Co-Founder Carol Fitzgerald and contributing writer Shannon McKenna interviewed Philip Beard, author of DEAR ZOE.
Featured by Christian Science Monitor
On Sept. 11, 2001, Philip Beard was in the midst of writing a book. On Sept. 12, the fledgling novelist says, he didn't know how to write anymore. From that day forward his novel was propelled toward the events of 9/11 because, says the lawyer-turned-novelist, he just couldn't ignore "the ultimate elephant sitting in the middle of the room."
In His Own Words
This interview was conducted in early 2004 by publicist, MaryGlenn McCombs, in conjunction with her representation of Mr. Beard prior to the anticipated launch of the self-published version of the novel. Viking Penguin called to offer Mr. Beard a book deal days before DEAR ZOE was to go to press.
Swing In The Media
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Phil Beard did a double-take. What he saw wasn’t a trick of the late-evening light or an optical illusion. The man had no legs and moved by swinging himself forward with his arms…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
You needn’t be a Pirates fan of a certain age to revel in this third novel published last year by Pittsburgh lawyer Philip Beard, but if your sensibilities allow for the careful blending of baseball nostalgia and muscular literature, SWING is right there in your wheelhouse…
Sporting News
If all that had been conjured from Philip Beard’s presence in the audience at the first three World Series games ever played at Three Rivers Stadium were a story he could repeat years later over a cold Iron City and a lifetime infatuation with the Pittsburgh Pirates, well, that certainly would have been time well spent. He got so much more, though. He got SWING…
