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British writer

Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming Fforde
BornCatherine Rose Gordon-Cumming
(1952-09-27) September 27, 1952 (age 72)
Wimbledon, London, England
Pen nameKatie Fforde
OccupationNovelist
Genreromance
SpouseDesmond Fforde (m. 1972)
Children3
RelativesSir William Gordon-Cumming (grandfather)
Website
www.katiefforde.com

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. In 2016, she launched the Stroud Contemporary Fiction Writing Competition as part of the first Stroud Book Festival.

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.

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. Fforde takes the research for her books seriously, employing a 'method acting'-style approach to the different professions and backgrounds featured in her novels, 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.

Bibliography

Fforde is the author of a number of works.

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) a.k.a. 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)
  • Best of Romance (2012)
  • Staying Away at Christmas (2012)
  • A French Affair (2013)
  • The Perfect Match (2014)
  • A Vintage Wedding (2015)
  • Christmas like in a Picture Book (2016)
  • A Summer at Sea (2016)
  • Candlelight at Christmas (2016)
  • Winter Collection (2016)
  • Meeting for Christmas (2016)
  • Christmas in the Distance (2016)
  • Christmas by the Fire (2016)
  • A Secret Garden (2017)
  • A Summer by the Sea: can you be a girlfriend on vacation? (2017)
  • A Country Escape (2018)
  • A Summer by the Sea (2018)
  • A Garden full of Flowers (2018)
  • A Rose Petal Summer (2019)
  • The Cottage (2019)
  • Country House with Views / A Love in the Highlands (2019)
  • Christmas Magic in the Cabin (2019)
  • A Springtime Affair (2020)
  • A Wedding in the Country (2021)
  • A Wedding in Provence (2022)

Anthologies edited

  • Loves Me, Loves Me Not (2009)
  • A Christmas Feast and Other Stories (2014)
  • The Christmas Stocking and Other Stories (2017)

Forewords

Filmography

Many of Fforde's novels have been adapted into a series of German TV films. Unlike the novels which are set in England, the TV films are shot in the Northeastern United States.

References

  1. Katie Fforde: Patron of National Short Story Week, Nationalshortstoryweek.org.uk, archived from the original on 9 March 2012, retrieved 22 February 2010
  2. Katie Fforde: Contemporary Fiction Writing Competition, stroudfestival.org, retrieved 8 March 2017
  3. Isis Publishing, isis-publishing.co.uk, retrieved 8 March 2017
  4. Katie Fforde, Fantasticfiction.co.uk, retrieved 20 January 2010

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