Beth Castrodale’s novels grapple with the burdens that the past leaves to be reckoned with–whether they’re telling the story of an artist haunted by grief and otherworldly forces (The Inhabitants), a daughter dealing with the unfinished business of her career-criminal father (I Mean You No Harm), an indie rocker coping with guilt over a former bandmate’s death (In This Ground), or corset maker who unravels troubling family secrets (Marion Hatley).
The Inhabitants won the Horror categories of the Independent Publisher Book Awards, the National Indie Excellence Awards, and the Best Book Awards. It was a finalist in the Horror category of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. An excerpt from her second novel, In This Ground, was a shortlist finalist for a William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Award. Her début novel, Marion Hatley, was a finalist for a Nilsen Prize for a First Novel from Southeast Missouri State University Press. Castrodale’s fifth novel, The Time of Reaping, will be published by Regal House in the fall of 2027.