Kathleen Ford has published over thirty stories in commercial magazines such as Yankee, Redbook, Ladies' Home Journal, and Woman's World, and in quarterlies such as The Southern Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Antioch Review, North American Review, and The New England Review among others. Two of her stories have won PEN Awards for Syndicated Fiction, and another story was included in the anthology Cabbage and Bones (Henry Holt, 1997). Her first novel was published by St. Martin's Press. The recipient of a Christopher Isherwood Foundation Award for 2011, she lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she teaches adult ESL. Kathleen is currently writing stories about Irish maids and the soldiers of World War I and completing a novel about the Great War.

NEWS
1/22/12: Kathleen's story, "Man on the Run", has been selected by Otto Penzler for Best American Mystery Stories! Go to Selected Stories to read it!

10/1/11: Kathleen has a story, "Homecoming", in the current issue of The Sewanee Review. Go to Selected Stories to read it!

9/1/11: Kathleen is the recipient of a 2011 Christopher Isherwood Foundation fiction grant.  The main purpose of the Christopher Isherwood Foundation is to contribute significantly to the flourishing of American letters by awarding grants to published novelists. These grants enable writers to devote time to writing projects and provide funds for research. To learn more about the foundation, visit: http://www.isherwoodfoundation.org/