Katie Fforde
| Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming Fforde | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming September 27, 1952 Wimbledon, London, England, UK |
| Pen name | Katie Fforde |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1995-Present |
| Genre | romance |
| Spouse | Desmond Fforde (1972-Present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives |
Jane Gordon-Cumming (sister), Sir William Gordon-Cumming (grandfather) |
| Website | |
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Katie Fforde, née Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming (born 27 September 1952), is a British romance novelist. Published since 1995, her romance novels are set in modern-day England.
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-fifth chairman (2009–2011) and later its fourth president. In June 2010 she was announced as a patron of the UK's first National Short Story Week.[1] In 2016 she launched the Stroud Contemporary Fiction Writing Competition as part of the first Stroud Book Festival.[2]
Biography
Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming was born on 27 September 1952 in Wimbledon, London, the daughter of Shirley Barbara Laub and Michael Willoughby Gordon-Cumming. Her grandfather was Sir William Gordon-Cumming. Her sister is fellow writer Jane Gordon-Cumming.
In 1972, she married Desmond Fforde, the nephew of banker John Standish Fforde and cousin of fellow writer Jasper Fforde. She has three children: Guy, Francis and Briony, and did not start writing until after the birth of her third child. She writes under her married name.[3]
Fforde has lived near Stroud, Gloucestershire for over twenty years.
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. She takes her research seriously. With each novel featuring different professions and backgrounds Fforde uses a 'method acting' style process using experiences such as being a porter in an auction house, making pottery, refurbishing furniture, examining the processes behind a dating website, and going on a Ray Mears survival course.[4]
Bibliography
She is the author of a number of works.[5]
Novels
- Living Dangerously (1995)
- The Rose Revived (1995)
- Wild Designs (1996)
- Stately Pursuits (1997)
- Life Skills (1999)
- Thyme Out (2000) aka Second Thyme Around
- Artistic Licence (2001)
- Highland Fling (2002)
- Paradise Fields (2003)
- Restoring Grace (2004)
- Flora's Lot (2005) aka Bidding for Love
- Practically Perfect (2006)
- Going Dutch (2007)
- Wedding Season (2008)
- Love Letters (2009)
- A Perfect Proposal (2010)
- Summer of Love (2011)
- The Undercover Cook (2012)
- Recipe for Love (2012)
- A French Affair (2013)
- The Perfect Match (2014)
- A Vintage Wedding (2015)
- A Summer at Sea (2016)
- "A Secret Garden" (2017)
Anthologies edited
- Loves Me, Loves Me Not (2009)
Forewords
"Wannabe a Writer?" (Accent Press 2007) Author Jane Wenham-Jones
External links
- http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books-restoring-grace-by-katie-fforde-1528675.html
- https://www.isis-publishing.co.uk/author/f/katie-fforde
- http://stroudfestival.org/comp.html
References
- ↑ Katie Fforde: Patron of National Short Story Week, Nationalshortstoryweek.org.uk, retrieved 22 February 2010
- ↑ Katie Fforde: Contemporary Fiction Writing Competition, stroudfestival.org, retrieved 8 March 2017
- ↑ Lundy, Darryl (12 June 2011), Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming, Thepeerage.com
- ↑ Isis Publishing, isis-publishing.co.uk, retrieved 8 March 2017
- ↑ Katie Fforde, Fantasticfiction.co.uk, retrieved 20 January 2010