Author Information
Beverley Blount lives in Mexico City and El Paso, Texas, where she has completed 30 years of training Montessori teachers in her schools. She is now consulting in schools in Mexico and the United States.
Under her pen name, B. Palma, she has written seven bilingual books for young adults, weaving her husband’s tales of growing up on his family’s haciendas with her own adventurous teens in the Mexican countryside.
Silversuit III is her first Science Fiction adventure book and Silversuit I and II will soon follow.
Her book of short stories Palo Alto Tales of 400 years of the Palo Alto families is also programmed for 2017.
Other Publications and Awards
Her eight-page article "Why Montessori Works" was published in the award-winning centennial issue of the Montessori Life journal.
Two lead articles in The Kappan, the ADK International Teacher’s Organization’s biannual journal
Article "Hands" published in Montessori Leadership and republished in Tomorrow’s Child Journals.
The Mexican National Circle of Reporters awarded her their Golden Sun statuette for special educational merit. (2008)
Article Hands published in Montessori Leadership and republished in Tomorrow’s Child Journals.
Book Publishers of El Paso awarded her book, El Dorado, their Worthy-of-Being-Called “EXCELLENT” Book Award. (2013)
In 2014 the El Paso Writer’s League awarded 1st place to her short story Haciendado in their annual contest.
In 2015, the League awarded the 1st place in Chapter Length Fiction to her beginning chapters of Silversuit I and another 1st (Non-fiction) to Paricutin – A memoir. The League gave 2nd place (Short Fiction) to The Old Woman on the Stoop.
In 2016 the League awarded Blount the 1st place with her Feature Article: Virtual Reality and the 2nd place with the article: Voices from the Past. In the Novel–Romance category she received the 2nd place with the beginning chapters of Lynette and Leonardo 1963.
The stories are published in the League’s annual Border Tapestry Journal
Her life’s work THE BLOUNT GUIDE TO READING, SPELLING AND PRONOUNCING ENGLISH, 3rd EDITION, is being used in schools in both Mexico City and the United States.
Her newest book: THE BLOUNT GUIDE TO PHONETIC READING focuses on teaching reading to all ages.
In 2015, The El Paso Writer's League awarded 1st place (Chapter Length Fiction) to her beginning chapters of “Silversuit I.”
Another 1st place (Non-fiction) was awarded for “Paricutin – A memoir”.
The League gave a 2nd place (Short Fiction) to “The Old Woman on the Stoop,”
In 2016, the League awarded Blount the 1st place for her Feature Article; “Virtual Reality”
and the 2nd place with the article: “Voices from the Past.”
In the Novel–Romance category she received the 2nd place with the beginning chapters of “Lynette and Leonardo 1963”.
In 2017, The El Paso Writer's League awarded a 2nd place to her Personal Essay "Paleque in the Dark" (Non-fictional Category) and also 2nd place (Non-Fiction Reminiscence) for "1960 - The Man Who Dressed Up Like A Fish."
The stories are published in the League’s annual Border Tapestry Journals.
Her life’s work “The Blount Guide to Reading, Spelling and Pronouncing English, 2nd Edition,” is being used in schools in Mexico and the United States.
Her most recent book, “The Blount Guide to Phonetic Reading,” published by LitFire Publishing, was introduced in the 2017 “Tucson Festival of Books.”
In 2018, Book Publishers of El Paso awarded, "The Blount Guide to Phonetic Reading" their "Worthy-of-Being-Called- EXCELLENT" Book Award.
Look out for Silversuit I and Silversuit II, soon to be published by LitFire Publishing.
In progress her book of short stories "Palo Alto Tales."
