Kitty Beer grew up in New England and raised her two children in Canada, Germany, and upstate New York. She holds a B.A. from Harvard University, and her M.A. from Cornell University. Beer's stories and articles, including her work as an environmental journalist, have appeared in print and online in the U.S. and Canada. The story "Mrs. Professor Bostwick" was nominated for the 2021 Pushcart Prize. Beer's series of novels about climate change, titled Resilience: A Trilogy of Climate Chaos, reflects an emphasis on the courage of overcoming disaster. The novels in the trilogy are What Love Can't Do (2006), Human Scale (2010) and The Hampshire Project (2017). Beer is an active member of the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement, where she studies a wide variety of subjects. She's a member of the Unitarian Church, the National Writers Union and the Society of Environmental Journalists. She has traveled extensively in Europe, living mostly in London, Paris, and Munich. She speaks French and German and conversational Italian. She is loving and tolerant, but likes to speak truth to power.