Pete Beatty

Hey. I'm Pete. I work with words to connect people and ideas.

In two decades of publishing work, I’ve acquired and edited award-winning books, managed rights, negotiated deals, and made coffee, at publishers large and small. Since 2014, I’ve also been freelance editing, helping writers of every description turn ideas into stories. In between editorial gigs, I’ve taught writing at the University of Alabama, Kent State University, and with the Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project.

I'm also the author of the novel Cuyahoga (Scribner, 2020), which was longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and deemed “tragic and comic, hilarious and inventive—a 19th-century legend for 21st-century America” by the Boston Globe. My writing has also appeared in Vulture, GQ, Vice, and elsewhere.

For the long version of my whole deal (my resume), click the "CV" link below.