Cynthia Rogerson (born 14 August 1953) is an American-born writer of mainstream literary fiction set in

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...

and

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...

. Originally from California, she now lives in the

Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland ...

Novels and short story collections

* ''Upstairs in the Tent'' - Headline Review (2000) * ''Love Letters from my Deathbed'' - Two Ravens Press (2007) * ''I Love You, Goodbye'' - Black and White (2011). Shortlisted for Creative Scotland Book of the Year Award 2010 * ''Stepping Out and Other Stories'' - Salt (2010) * ''If I Touched the Earth'' - Black and White (2012) * ''Wait for Me Jack'' - Sandstone (2017, as Addison Jones)

Awards

V.S. Pritchett Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett (also known as VSP; 16 December 1900 – 20 March 1997) was a British writer and literary critic. Pritchett was known particularly for his short stories, collated in a number of volumes. His non-fiction works incl ...

Prize 2008"V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize"

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. *Best Scottish Novel 2011 (shortlisted)

Work

Rogerson is program director at

Moniack Mhor Moniack Mhor is a creative writing centre in Scotland. Based in the Scottish Highlands, Moniack Mhor is fourteen miles from Inverness. The centre is a registered charity and is supported by Creative Scotland. History The centre has given reside ...

Writers Centre, as well as a Royal Literary Fellow in Dundee and a manuscript assessor for The Literary Consultancy.

References

External links

Official website
1953 births Living people 21st-century American women writers {{US-fiction-writer-stub