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Her memoir All My Loving: Coming of Age with Paul McCartney in Paris, and her textbook on creative writing True to Life: 50 Steps to Help You Tell Your Story, appeared in 2014.

Finding the Jewish Shakespeare: The Life and Legacy of Jacob Gordin, a biography of her great-grandfather, was published in 2006 and reissued in paperback in 2012. It was called “a witty, shrewd, elegant book which tells a story of vital importance” by Tony Kushner. She spoke about the book across Canada, four times in New York including at the 92nd Street Y, in other American cities, in French in Paris, and at Oxford University. In 2008 she delivered the annual Wexler Lecture in Jewish History in Washington, D.C.

She has taught personal essay and memoir writing at Ryerson University since 1994 and also at the University of Toronto since 2007, wherein 2012 she won U of T’s Excellence in Teaching Award. A fellow of the Banff Centre’s Literary Journalism program, she produces So True, a twice-yearly reading series for her long-term students and herself, at the Black Swan in Toronto. A board and conference committee member of the Creative Nonfiction Collective, she gave a Master Class at a recent conference entitled “The Writer as Performer.”

Kaplan began her career as a professional actor, primarily in Vancouver. She appeared in nine tours, including one national tour. She left the stage in 1980 to earn an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.

Her recent memoir Loose Woman (upcoming) is the story of her fraught years as an actress through the seventies and particularly the year 1979.

Beth Kaplan (born August 1, 1950) is an American-born Canadian writer, teacher, and actor.