Catherine Gentile is an American

short story writer A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...

Life

She is a native of

Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, Connecticut, Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ce ...

. She graduated from

Saint Joseph College (Connecticut) The University of Saint Joseph is a private Catholic university in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1932 as a women's college by the Sisters of Mercy of Connecticut and began admitting men to its undergraduate progr ...

with a master's degree. After a career in special education/mental health, she turned to writing. Her short fiction has been published in ''The Hurricane Review'', ''The Ledge'', ''The Long Story'', and ''Kaleidoscope''. She is a staff writer for ''Portland Trails''. She lives with her husband near

Yarmouth, Maine Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, twelve miles north of the state's largest city, Portland, Maine, Portland. When originally settled in 1636, as North Yarmouth, Maine, North Yarmouth, it was part of the Massachusetts ...

, where she is completing her first novel, ''Sunday's Orphan''.

Awards

* 2005

Dana Award The Dana Award is a literary award presented in short fiction, poetry and novels. It was founded in 1996 by literature professor and poet Mary Elizabeth Parker with the financial backing of Michael Dana.''Poets & Writers'', September/October 2000 ...

* Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg, Russia fellowship * The Reynolds Price Fiction Contest finalist

Works

Anthologies

References

Living people Writers from Hartford, Connecticut American short story writers University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut) alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-story-writer-stub