Beth Peyton

Beth Peyton’s first book, Clear Skies, Deep Water: A Chautauqua Memoir, was published by SUNY Press in 2014. Her essay, “Ten Golden Photographs,” was published in 10: Carlow University’s MFA Anniversary Anthology. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Justice from Montana State University, and received her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Carlow University, where she studied in Pittsburgh and Ireland. She lives in Western New York with her husband, Jeff Hunter, alongside many of the characters in her book, who are all still speaking to her. She blogs at www.bethpeyton.com.