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 |
| Genre | romance |
| Spouse | Desmond Fforde (1972-Present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Jane Gordon-Cumming (sister), Sir William Gordon-Cumming (grandfather) |
| Website | |
| www | |
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)
- A Country Escape (2018)
- A Rose Petal Summer (2019)
Anthologies edited
- Loves Me, Loves Me Not (2009)
- A Christmas Feast and Other Stories (2014)
- The Christmas Stocking and Other Stories (2017)
Forewords
"Wannabe a Writer?" (Accent Press 2007) Author Jane Wenham-Jones
Filmography
A series of German TV films. Unlike the novels the TV films are shot in the Northeastern United States.
- Katie Fforde: Die Treue-Testerin - Spezialauftrag Liebe (2008)
- Katie Fforde: Eine Liebe in den Highlands (2010, based on Highland Fling)
- Katie Fforde: Festtagsstimmung (2010, based on Restoring Grace)
- Katie Fforde: Glücksboten (2010, based on Thyme Out)
- Katie Fforde: Harriets Traum (2011, based on The Rose Revived)
- Katie Fforde: Zum Teufel mit David (2011, based on Living Dangerously)
- Katie Fforde: Diagnosis Love (2012)
- Katie Fforde: Lighthouse with a Wiev (2012)
- Katie Fforde: Jump into Happiness (2012)
- Katie Fforde: Part of You (2012)
- Katie Fforde: Summer of Truth (2012)
- Katie Fforde: An Expensive Fling (2013, based on Flora's Lot)
- Katie Fforde: By Your Side (2014)
- Katie Fforde: The See in You (2014)
- Katie Fforde: Like Fire and Ice (2014)
- Katie Fforde: Geschenkte Jahre (2014, based on Paradise Fields)
- Katie Fforde: Love in New York (2014)
- Katie Fforde: Martha Dances (2014)
- Katie Fforde: Forget Me Not (2015)
- Katie Fforde: Back to the Sea (2015)
- Katie Fforde: The Child I Long For (2015)
- Katie Fforde: A Christmas Miracle in New York (2015)
- Katie Fforde: Why Did I Say Yes? (2016)
- Katie Fforde: Die Frau an seiner Seite (2016)
- Katie Fforde: The Silence of Men (2016)
- Katie Fforde: Summer of Witches (2016)
- Katie Fforde: You and Me (2016)
- Katie Fforde: My son and his fathers (2016)
- Katie Fforde: Dancing on Broadway (2016)
- Katie Fforde: Bella's Luck (2016)
- Katie Fforde: Matter of the Heart (2017)
- Katie Fforde: My Crazy Family (2017)
- Katie Fforde: Brother's Keeper (2017)
- Katie Fforde: Mom at Home Alone (2018)
- Katie Fforde: Pretty Best Friends (2018)
- Katie Fforde: Family on Probation (2018)
- Katie Fforde: A Friend in Need (2018)
- Katie Fforde: Room with an Ocean View (2018)
- Katie Fforde: Kissed Awake (2019)
- Katie Fforde: The Other Woman's Child (2019)
References
- ^ Katie Fforde: Patron of National Short Story Week, Nationalshortstoryweek.org.uk, archived from the original on 9 March 2012, 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