Beth Webb Hart
Author Love, Charleston

Beth Webb Hart, a South Carolina native, holds a B.A. in English Literature from Hollins College and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Her first novel, Grace at Low Tide, was one of three finalists for the 2006 Christy Awards in the general/contemporary/fiction category. Her second novel, Adelaide Piper, was selected for Books-a-Million's book club and for their national book of the month for December, 2006. Both titles were included in the “Top 10 Inspirational Novels of 2006" by Booklist, the American Library Association's review journal. Her third novel, The Wedding Machine, became a best-seller in August of 2008. Hart has served on the faculty of the South Carolina Writers Workshop and lectures on the craft of fiction writing throughout the region. She has taught on the college, high school and intermediate level where she received two national awards from Scholastic, Inc. She currently serves as the writer-in-residence at Ashley Hall and her fourth novel, Love, Charleston will hit bookstores this September 2010.