NPR commentator Beth Finke is the author of Hanni and Beth: Safe & Sound” (Blue Marlin Publications) a winner of the ASPCA’s Henry Bergh Award for children’s literature. Her memoir “Long Time, No See” (University of Illinois Press) is featured on the Book Sense Top Ten list of University Press books and was named one of the Chicago Tribune’s favorite non-fiction books for 2003. Beth teaches a weekly memoir-writing class for senior citizens, sponsored by the City of Chicago’s Commission on Aging. Two of her students have published their memoirs, four have had essays recorded for Chicago Public Radio, and one went on to do a piece for All Things Considered. Beth’s own essays air on the Morning Edition segment of National Public Radio and on “848,” a morning show on Chicago Public Radio. Her award-winning radio pieces about the World Champion White Sox in 2005 gave her some pretty nichey notoriety : she’s the only blind woman in America to be honored for sports broadcasting.
Beth’s written work has been featured in Woman’s Day, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, The Writer, Dog Fancy and The Bark. She is married to Mike Knezovich. They have one son, Gus, and live in Chicago with Beth’s Seeing Eye dog Hanni.