Beth (she/her/they/them) is a published author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and is working on revising her first novel, a humorous paranormal thriller. Beth holds a PhD in music (historical musicology) with a specialty in medieval music, and also the professional certificate in editing from UC Berkeley Extension. Between 2000 and 2018, Beth taught music history and research techniques off and on at a variety of institutions. In 2018, Beth began working as a freelance editor and ghostwriter, including service as a judge in the Ink & Insights literary competition, where she gave feedback to beginning writers who had completed a novel. Beth is now concentrating on editing and hopes to add indexing soon.