Beth Cato

@bethcato.bsky.social

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Author. Baker. Cheese lover. Late-diagnosed autistic. Writer of fantasy novels & cozy mysteries. Unrepentant poet. Hanford, CA native now in Red Wing, MN.

Close up of a cookie stick, a finger-sized golden bar filled with brown mini chocolate chips, that rests at a different angle than the sticks below it.
Close up of one among many chocolate cookies with melted chocolate swirled on top.
A book with a text cover is propped up: Rabbit Test by Samantha Mills.
Through white deck bars, two fawns lay in grass.
A doe grooms her the head of her speckled fawn in a green backyard.
Close up of a single golden roll topped with browned, melted cheese flecked with herbs. It looks so good you could almost lick the screen (but please don't, that's gross).
An orange cat curled in a circle is aglow in morning sunlight.
A pear-shaped small orange tomato rests in the small palm of a white person. A tomato plant looms in the background.
Pale cookies are topped with mint green frosting and blue and green sprinkles. They sit in rows on brown parchment paper.
Close up of a cluster of green cherry tomatoes, with one turning slightly yellow.
1980s toys from Care Bears to sprites, ninja turtles, and California raisins fill shelves.
Rows of plump, golden cookies dappled with chocolate chips are topped with a drippy pale yellow glaze.
A chonky yellow, white, and black striped caterpillar is partially hidden beneath long green leaves.
Three dark brown cookies are arranged on a white saucer. The cookies have knobby chocolate chips on top and a sprinkle of flaked salt.
A monarch butterfly has its black and orange wings flared as it pauses on a pink milkweed flower.
From an oval corner, a view of sliced cheese sticks with a browned top flecked with herbs.
Interior view of a bundt cake slice shows a white crumb freckled with chocolate chips.
A bakery case focuses on massive cinnamon and caramel rolls.
Cheese blocks prettily arranged in a manner that heals the hurting soul.
A billboard says “Cheddar or Not, here we come.”
Author signing Beth Cato 12:00-2:00pm June 27 Images include two book covers and a white woman with glasses.
A long elbow pier juts into Lake Superior.
A massive hockey stick and puck.
A weird white woman stands with a big fish statue.
A primarily mint green graphic shows a Kindle with the cover of the book Cheddar Luck Next Time on the screen. Text says that for one day only, on 25th of June 2026, the ebook is on sale for 74p or 99-cents.
A big honkin' white-golden rolls with more honkin' white-golden rolls in the backdrop.
A large wedge of holey white cheese, a small red wax truckle, and a small wedge with a red rind are arranged on a green counter.
Bright blue sky and puffy clouds frame the distant skyline of Minneapolis.
A fiery orange poppy blossom faces upward.
An ornate bundt cake is deep brown and crowned with pecan pieces. Carmel sauce has oozed down the sides to puddle at the base.
I AM NOT ON TIKTOK! I AM BEING IMPERSONATED! SCAMMER! IMAGE THIEF! REPORT THEM! WARN PEOPLE! A graphic shows a screenshot of an account for bethcato2 with numerous stolen images.
An orange cat lounges with his striped tail draped over the edge of a bay window.
The text reads: I'm at 4th Street Fantasy! Find me there Friday & Saturday. My one panel is 4:30pm Saturday: "Deal Me In: Expanding Your Reading Toolkit." I have a limited quantity of individually-wrapped honey maple cookies. The image has a blue sky with clouds and a flowery green meadow. A cutesy unicorn graphic sits to one side.
Tall trees drape over green lawn, a span of blue river in the background.
Close up of a single brown cookie with a crusted top dusted with white granular sugar.
A partially done puzzle covers a table.
A round pizza like dish with a blistered crust and thickly cheesy center.
A gray female Northern Cardinal sits at a bird feeder. In the green yard below is a tiny doe and fawn.
A knight in blue uses a polearm to do a double kick on a red knight.
An Amtrak train engine. Grain silos and a garbage truck are in the background.
Close up of a square treat with a golden base and a thick white top covered with sliced almonds.
An orange cat’s head is pressed down, making him especially adorable.
Nebula Awards Conference Beth’s schedule Friday June 5th 8-10pm autograph session (books sold on site) Saturday June 6th to 10-11am panel “How important is plot, really?” 11-11:30am meet and greet
Close up of a column of thick-cut long, rectangular, browned crackers with visible pieces of figs and nuts.
Community Read: Cheddar Luck Next Time by Beth Cato Author talk & community discussion May 30th 10-11:30am in the Foot Room (Poster mentions free books but those have already been given away.)
Close up on one of many flat cookies with a brown cinnamon swirl and glaze drizzled on top.
A cottontail rests at the edge of a deck, bushes in the background.
A red book cover has stylized text and a golden horseshoe with a Sherlock deerstalker hat on it.
An intricate bundt cake resembles panes of geometric stained glass, with the deeply golden cake generously coated in cinnamon and sugar.
Golden cookies are stacked on a white saucer. The cookies feature white bumps of white chocolate chips with flaked sea salt on top.
I AM NOT ON TIKTOK! I AM BEING IMPERSONATED! SCAMMER! IMAGE THIEF! REPORT THEM! WARN PEOPLE! A graphic shows a screenshot of an account for bethcato2 with numerous stolen images.
Image has two book covers at an angle for A THOUSAND RECIPES FOR REVENGE and A FEAST FOR STARVING STONE. Text explains that for one month, both books are $2.49 each, US and Canada only. That means the complete series is under $5.
A bright green sprouts sticks out from dense cedar mulch.
Rows of thick golden-hued cookies are topped with generous lines of golden icing.
A triangular wedge of cheese has a black rind and streaks of ash throughout.
A brown bar is held between pinched fingers. Within the bar are two different color add-ins, one black and one with the moist brown of chocolate.
Close up of gold and red tulips against a thick tree trunk and greenery.
Image has two book covers at an angle for A THOUSAND RECIPES FOR REVENGE and A FEAST FOR STARVING STONE. Text explains that for one month, both books are $2.49 each, US and Canada only. That means the complete series is under $5.
Close up of walnuts with a browned, crusted texture because of candied brown sugar.
Employee of the month poster for Alobar