She has cast a ray of light into a dark and hidden place. Cris Beam has written an extraordinary book about ordinary people trying to save kids' lives. She's taught at Columbia University, NYU, William Paterson University and Bayview Women’s Correctional. 'To the End of June is a clear-eyed and heartfelt look at foster care in America. Cris' work has also been featured in the New York Times, The Awl, The Huffington Post, The Guardian and on This American Life. Her short memoir, Mother, Stranger, was published by The Atavist in 2012 and quickly reached the top ten on Kindle Singles. Her young adult novel, I Am J, was released by Little, Brown in 2011 and was named a Kirkus Best Book and Library Guild Selection, and is the first book with a transgender character to land on the state of California's recommended reading list for public high schools. She is also the author of Transparent: Love, Family and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers (Harcourt 2007), which won a Lambda Literary Award and was a Stonewall Honor book.

Her prior work, To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care (Houghton Mifflin-Harcourt, 2013), was named a 2013 New York Times Notable Book, was longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Award, shortlisted for the William Saroyan Prize and was a best book on several year-end lists including NPR, New York Magazine and The Boston Globe. Her most recent book, My Therapist, My Lover was published by Audible Originals in June 2021, preceded by I Feel You: The Surprising Power of Extreme Empathy, published by Houghton Mifflin-Harcourt in March 2018. Cris Beam is the author of several award-winning books, including To The End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care, and Transparent: Love, Family and Living the T with. Cris Beam is an author and professor in New York City.

To the end of june by cris beam