Cynthia Rogerson Explained

Cynthia Rogerson (born 14 August 1953) is an American-born writer of mainstream literary fiction set in Scotland and California. Originally from California, she now lives in the Scottish Highlands.^[1]

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^[2]
• Stepping Out and Other Stories - Salt (2010)^[3]
• If I Touched the Earth - Black and White (2012)^[4]
• Wait for Me Jack - Sandstone (2017, as Addison Jones)

Awards

• V.S. Pritchett Prize 2008^[5]
• Best Scottish Novel 2011 (shortlisted)

Work

Rogerson is program director at Moniack Mhor Writers Centre, as well as a Royal Literary Fellow in Dundee and a manuscript assessor for The Literary Consultancy.

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Davies. Stevie. I Love You, Goodbye by Cynthia Rogerson. The Guardian. 10 September 2010.
2. http://www.blackandwhitepublishing.com/index.php/books/view/i_love_you_goodbye1 I Love You, Goodbye
3. http://www.saltpublishing.com/writers/profile.php?recordID=202214 Stepping out
4. http://www.blackandwhitepublishing.com/index.php/books/view/if_i_touched_the_earth If I Touched the Earth
5. http://rsliterature.org/award/v-s-pritchett-memorial-prize/ "V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize"