Katie Fforde

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.

Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming Fforde
BornCatherine Rose Gordon-Cumming
(1952-09-27) September 27, 1952
Wimbledon, London, England, UK
Pen nameKatie Fforde
OccupationNovelist
NationalityBritish
Period1995-Present
Genreromance
SpouseDesmond Fforde (1972-Present)
Children3
RelativesJane Gordon-Cumming (sister),
Sir William Gordon-Cumming (grandfather)
Website
www.katiefforde.com

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
  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. Lundy, Darryl (12 June 2011), Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming, Thepeerage.com
  4. Isis Publishing, isis-publishing.co.uk, retrieved 8 March 2017
  5. Katie Fforde, Fantasticfiction.co.uk, retrieved 20 January 2010
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