About Cathie

Cathie Beck is the author of Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship (Hyperion Books), which sold at auction after attracting offers from 27 publishers and 16 agents. Upon release, it became an Amazon #1 Mover & Shaker, a five-time Denver Post bestseller, and a finalist for both the Books for a Better Life Award and WNBA Great Group Reads.

Her new memoir, Hoodbitch on the Near Eastside, is a powerful, coming-of-age story set in 1960s–70s Indianapolis. Tracing twelve homes before the age of seventeen, Beck chronicles instability, class, and survival with a narrative arc as propulsive as it is emotionally resonant. Early readers—including a former Simon & Schuster editor and a bestselling novelist—have called it “the best thing I’ve read all year” and “a book that left me in tears.”

Positioned alongside writers such as Leslie Jamison, Maggie Nelson, and Allison Bechdel, Beck brings the same fearless candor, intellectual depth, and feminist urgency to her work. Hoodbitch combines the narrative momentum of true crime with the literary weight of cultural memoir, making it both a commercial and critical contender.

In addition to her books, Beck is a veteran journalist with an extensive background in feature writing, essays, and cultural reporting. Her work has appeared in leading outlets and has consistently been recognized for its voice, honesty, and authority.

With a proven publishing track record, a highly marketable new memoir, and the ability to sell across formats—including print, audio, and film/TV—Cathie Beck is poised to bring Hoodbitch on the Near Eastside to a wide audience.