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Beth Staas

Mailing Address:
27W37o Geneva Rd. #28
West Chicago, IL 60185

County:DuPage

E-mail: beth@staas.com
Phone: (630)231-2783

Genre:Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOOK PUBLICATIONS

The Two Percent Miracle, Edgewater, Florida: Denlinger's Publisher, Ltd. 1999
An Audience of One. Edgewater, Florida: Denlinger's Publishers, Ltd. 2001

ARTICLES
"Symbols of Success," Success Unlimited, May 1979.
"Elementary Wilson...It's Elementary," Small Systems World, May 1979.
"Becoming Suitably Suited," Success Unlimited, Sept. 1979.
"Timid Salesmen Have Skinny Kids, Success Unlimited, Oct. 1979.
"A Yankee Finds Riches..." Success Unlimited, Apr. 1980.
"Frankly, a Don Quixote," Sunday Advocate, May 4, 1980.
"When Is It A Baby?" Barrister, Fall 1980.
"A Yankee in Arcadia," Southwest Airlines, June 1981.
"...And It's Really Elementary," Today's Catholic Teacher, Oct. 1981.
"Our Chosen Child," Catholic Twin Circle, June 27, 1982.
"My Father," Lutheran Women, Sept. 1982.
"Castle Lodge," CheckPoint, Fall 1982.
"Jason's Story," Lady's Circle, March 1983.
"Love and Let Live," Today's Christian Parent, Summer 1982.
"Abortion" (reprint), Presbyterian Journal, Jan. 18, 1984.
"Frenchy's Po-Boy Is Neither," Entrepreneur, June 1984.
"Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety Jig," Lutheran Women, March 1985.
"...Then Lidia Raised Her Hand," Catholic Twin Circle, Aug.31, 1986.
"A Voice From the Hinterlands," Illinois English Bulletin, Fall 1987.
"Why The New Literacy May Well be Illiterate," Chicago Tribune, July 5, 1989.
"Fall Resolutions," Catholic Twin Circle, Sept. 24, 1989.
"How I Wish You Would Touch Me," Oblates, July-August 1990.
"Falling From The Cliffs," Illinois English Bulletin, Winter 1990.
"Letter Writing Through the Year," Learning, Sept. 1993.
"Deceptively Simple: The Atom Bomb," Illinois English Bulletin, Spring 1994.
"You Can Go Home Again," The Student, Nov. 1994.
"I'm No Dummy," Our Family, Sept. 1999
"Parenting the Second Time Around," America, Nov. 27, 1999
"Getting it Write," Ideas Plus, Book 18
"Tomorrow is Now," Byline, Sept. 2000
"Single Blessedness," Arts Beat, Spring 2001
"Teen Sexuality - a Lottery with No Winners," Our Family, August/September 2001
"How Come You Tawk Funny?" Teachers of Vision, Fall 2001
"To Music," St. Joseph Messenger and Advocate of the Blind, Summer 2002
"Distant Cousins," Everything! Magazine, December 2002
E-ZINES
"Daddy's Little Girl," Moxie Mag. 2001
"Intimacy," Moxie Mag 2001
Learning Unlimited Quiz, The Student, 2001

PROFILES AND REVIEWS
Bridge, Nick. "Local Author Publishes First Novel," The Glen Ellyn News, Oct. 29, 1999
Bridge, Nick. "West Chicago author publishes e-book." West Chicago Press, Nov. 25, 1999 Hagarty, Carol.
"Teacher Turned Author," Aurora Beacon News, Dec. 1999 (?)
Griffin, Jake. "Brain disorder survivor, family inspire book." Daily Herald, Sat. Nov. 3, 2001 Stuttley, Henry.
"Naperville Writers Group members just seem to find the words," Naperville Sun, March 20, 2002
"The Two Percent Miracle" Life-Line Volume 22 Issue 2 Summer 2002

Forthcoming Publications
Ministers For Breakfast (Novel)

Awards & Fellowships:
Who’s Who among AmericanTeachers 1996
Association of Children’s Literature Award 1985

Present Employment:
20+ years teaching English Literature and Writing

Perferred Audience:
General (not scholarly)

Willing to Travel:
Not more than one night layover at a time

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