| Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming Fforde | |
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| Born | Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming September 27, 1952 Wimbledon, London, England, UK |
| Pen name | Katie Fforde |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1995-Present |
| Genres | romance |
| Spouse(s) | Desmond Fforde (1972-Present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relative(s) | Jane Gordon-Cumming (sister), Sir William Gordon-Cumming (grandfather) |
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Katie Fforde, née Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming (b. September 27, 1952 in Wimbledon, London, England), is a British romance novelist since 1995.
She is founder of the Katie Fforde Bursary for writers who have yet to secure a publishing contract. She was for many years a committee member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and was elected its twenty-fifteenth Chairman (2009–2011) and later its fourth president. Her sister is the also writer Jane Gordon-Cumming, RNA's Hon Deputy Treasurer. In June 2010 she was announced as a patron of the UK's first National Short Story Week.[1]
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Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming was born on 27 September 1952 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK, the daughter of Shirley Barbara Laub and Michael Willoughby Gordon-Cumming. Her sister is the writer Jane Gordon-Cumming, and her grandfather was the famous Sir William Gordon-Cumming.
In 1972, she married with Desmond Fforde, the nephew of banker John Standish Fforde and cousin of the also writer Jasper Fforde. She has three children: Guy, Francis and Briony. She did not start writing until after the birth of her third child. She signs her books under her married name.[2]
Fforde has lived near Stroud, Gloucestershire for over twenty years. Her hobbies include singing in the local choir, shopping and watching television.
Many of Fforde's own experiences end up in her books. Her novel Going Dutch was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller in June 2007.