Because her home office is too quiet and lacks a continual supply of Diet Coke, Beth Steury can often be found tucked in a booth at McDonald’s with her laptop. Sometimes she’s writing web content for businesses or penning young adult fiction or whipping her adoption, search, and reunion journey into memoir form. Often, she’s immersed in unraveling mysteries using genetic genealogy.
The “Choices Matter” three-book, YA fiction series is complete! Junior year finds seventeen-year-old Preston—the hot, popular, very experienced ladies’ man—charting a new course as far from the bad choices of his past as he can get. When he falls for Maggie—the innocent, beautiful-inside-and-out, new-girl-in-town—will she trust him with her “white wedding dress” future? Will his past stay in the past? Join them and a cast of their friends and family for an unforgettable journey through their junior and senior years in high school. Their candid journey is realistic and relevant—and they’re so anxious to share their story!
She’s a “cheerleader” for saving sex for marriage and for “renewed waiting” because it’s never too late to make wiser choices. Her “Waiting Matters … Because YOU Matter” blog helps people of all ages navigate the choppy waters of saving sex for marriage. Candid, no-topics-off-limits discussions have been packaged into mini-books in the “Waiting Matters” series.
Follow the incredible search for her biological family in the blog series “A Doorstep Baby’s Search for Answers.” DNA has opened the doors to long-held adoption secrets. Walk with me through the most intriguing years of my life. The good, the great, the sorrowful, the stranger-than-fiction true story, the looking ahead to a new reality. Get a ring-side seat.
The “Slices of Real Life” blog series seeks to find GOD in the day-to-day moments of real life. Life is tough, complicated, and wonderful, all at the same time. And HE is everywhere. Nothing takes HIM by surprise.
As a genetic genealogy enthusiast and “search angel,” she assists adoptees and others with genetic mysteries in finding answers to decades-old questions. She writes and speaks about her experiences as a “foundling” and the journey to connect with her biological family. She also serves on the executive board of the National Association of Adoptees and Parents.
Have questions or a topic for discussion? She wants to hear from you! Your thoughts, your experiences, your questions. Comment on a post OR email her at bethsteury@gmail.com.
Beth Steury, Author 