Creating many of the archetypes that were to follow, it helped set-up the tone, thus providing her with her audience in the years to come. Writing CareerĪrriving on the literary scene in 1995 with her novel ‘Living Dangerously’, she had published a novel that helped establish much of what was to come later on. Continuing to write, she will carry on into the foreseeable future as there is much more due on the horizon for her. This is largely due to her own experiences ending up in her work, something which many readers have found themselves able to relate to over the years. Reaching the top of the bestseller lists a number of times too, she’s managed to receive commercial as well as critical success. Living in Stroud in Gloucestershire, she takes an active part in the local community where she sings in the choir there, whilst undertaking a variety of other activities. ![]() It was only after her third child was born that she begun her career as a writer, whilst using her married name to write under. Marrying her husband Desmond Fforde, the cousin of famous writer Jasper Fforde, in 1972, she then had three children Briony, Francis and Guy. With her sister Jane Gordon-Cumming a famous writer as well, her fate as an author was sealed with her passion for literature established early on. Growing up in Wimbledon, London, she spent the majority of her upbringing in the city, something which helped inform much of her later work. Writer of a number of romance novels, British author Katie Fforde was born on the 27th of September, 1952, as Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming. With both commercial and critical success, she continues to attract audiences to her unique and distinctive works. Easily accessible as it is textured, she has managed to amass herself a sizable audience throughout the many years of her career. The writers she likes herself is also in the romantic genre, like Kate Saunders.British author of romance novels, Katie Fforde is well known for her contemporary and ever appealing style of fiction. Recently her old hobbies of ironing and housework have given way to singing, Flamenco dancing and husky racing. Katie lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England with her husband, some of her three children and many pets. However, I've been a member of the RNA for more years than I can actually remember and will have its very best interests at the core of everything I do." She is delighted to have been chosen as Chair of the Romantic Novelists' Association and says, "Catherine Jones was a wonderful chair and she's a very tough act to follow. Katie was elected the twenty-fifteenth Chairman (2009-2011) of the Romantic Novelists' Association. She is the founder of the "Katie Fforde Bursary" for writers who have yet to secure a publishing contract. Published since 1995, her romance novels are set in modern-day England. She has previously worked both as a cleaning lady and in a health food cafe. She has three children: Guy, Francis and Briony and didn't start writing until after the birth of her third child. Katie married Desmond Fforde, cousin of the also writer Jasper Fforde. ![]() Her sister is fellow writer Jane Gordon-Cumming. Her grandfather was Sir William Gordon-Cumming. Katie was elected the twenty-fifteenth Chairman (2009-2011) of Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming was born 27 September 1952 in England, UK, the daughter of Shirley Barbara Laub and Michael Willoughby Gordon-Cumming. ![]() Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming was born 27 September 1952 in England, UK, the daughter of Shirley Barbara Laub and Michael Willoughby Gordon-Cumming.
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