About Beth
Beth Dolgner started writing short stories at a young age, and loved to “play school” with the textbooks her dad used when teaching his high school English classes. Despite these early leanings toward writing, it still took Beth a while to realize that her career lay along that path. Instead, it was her volunteer work in the media center at the 12 Hours of Sebring each year that convinced Beth to change her college major to Communications.
The sports car race was an annual ritual for Beth and her family, and growing up in the same town as the legendary Sebring International Raceway fueled Beth’s interest in sports car racing. After she graduated from Florida Atlantic University, Beth got a job as Public Relations Coordinator at Road Atlanta, a race track in North Georgia.
Later, Beth decided to go into business for herself as a freelance writer, journalist and public relations representative. She continued to work in motorsports, but also branched out to work with local businesses. Among other projects, Beth served as Marketing Manager for GoDeKalb.com, which gave her the opportunity to work with a wide variety of businesses in DeKalb County, Georgia.
A motorcycle rider since the age of 12, Beth fell in love with motorcycle roadracing while at Road Atlanta. She became a racer herself, competing primarily in the WERA National Endurance Series as rider and owner of the team Sirens. Although she is now retired from racing, her involvement in the motorcycle industry has continued to grow. Beth wrote for Roadracing World and Road Racer X magazines before accepting a job as Associate Editor at 2Wheel Tuner, a national magazine covering the aftermarket sportbike industry. In less than a year, Beth was Senior Editor of the magazine, gaining invaluable experience and the opportunity to ride many a motorcycle in the name of journalism.
Beth can now call herself an author thanks to the publishing of her first book, Georgia Spirits and Specters, a collection of Georgia ghost stories. She has collected books of local lore in her travels over the years, and couldn’t resist the opportunity to write her own. Her second book, Everyday Voodoo, debuted in May of 2010. As if those projects weren’t enough, Beth is also working to get her first fiction novel–a paranormal fantasy–published.
In her free time, Beth enjoys traveling, sewing and riding motorcycles. She and her husband Ed live in Atlanta, Georgia, with their five cats.
