{"id":269,"date":"2018-11-01T02:09:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T02:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=269"},"modified":"2018-11-01T02:14:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T02:14:17","slug":"katie-fforde","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=269","title":{"rendered":"Katie Fforde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bibliography:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Novels.<\/strong><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?p=266\">A Summer At Sea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/zimplybooks.com\/?page_id=?\"> ? <\/a><\/li>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/authors\/1270774921p8\/86097.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Katie Fforde\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>From Goodreads:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming was born 27 September 1952 in England, UK, 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. Katie married Desmond Fforde, cousin of the also writer Jasper Fforde. She has three children: Guy, Francis and Briony and didn&#8217;t start writing until after the birth of her third child. She has previously worked both as a cleaning lady and in a health food cafe.<\/p>\n<p>Published since 1995, her romance novels are set in modern-day England. She is the founder of the &#8220;Katie Fforde Bursary&#8221; for writers who have yet to secure a publishing contract. Katie was elected the twenty-fifteenth Chairman (2009-2011) of the Romantic Novelists&#8217; Association. She is delighted to have been chosen as Chair of the Romantic Novelists&#8217; Association and says, &#8220;Catherine Jones was a wonderful chair and she&#8217;s a very tough act to follow. However, I&#8217;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Katie lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England with her husband, some of her three children and many pets. Recently her old hobbies of ironing and housework have given way to singing, Flamenco dancing and husky racing. She claims this keeps her fit. The writers she likes herself is also in the romantic genre, like Kate Saunders.<\/p>\n<p>Review Quotes:<\/p>\n<p>On the internets!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.katiefforde.com\" target=\"_blank\">Katie Fforde&#8217;s Website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bibliography: Novels. A Summer At Sea ? From Goodreads: Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming was born 27 September 1952 in England, UK, 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. Katie married Desmond Fforde, cousin of the also writer Jasper Fforde. She &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=269\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Katie Fforde<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":272,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"1","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"3","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":"","spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaoL7Z-4l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1109,"url":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1109","url_meta":{"origin":269,"position":0},"title":"Katharine Susannah Prichard","date":"June 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Bibliography: Novels. 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She was born in Zimbabwe and lived in South Africa and England, but now calls Australia home. She is married with two sons. When not running around after the men in her life, she gets to enjoy her hobbies, which include boating, reading,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":925,"url":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=925","url_meta":{"origin":269,"position":4},"title":"Alice Hoffman","date":"June 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Bibliography The Marriage of Opposites Property Of Here on Earth Practical Magic At Risk Local Girls Blackbird House Aquamarine Indigo The River King Blue Diary The Probable Future The Ice Queen Green Angel The Foretelling Incantation Skylight Confessions Nightbird The Museum of Extraordinary Things The Dovekeepers Faithful Alice Hoffman was\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":884,"url":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=884","url_meta":{"origin":269,"position":5},"title":"Gillian Flynn","date":"June 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Bibliography: Novels. 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