Kathy Anderson

Fiction Writer

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania US

Email:

kathyandersonwriter@yahoo.com

Website:

kathyandersonwriter.com

Twitter/X:

@anderson_kathy

Author's Bio

Kathy Anderson is the author of a novel, The New Town Librarian (NineStar Press, 2023), which was a finalist for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year for LGBTQ+ Fiction and a Goldie Award for Debut Novel from the Golden Crown Literary Society. Her debut short story collection, Bull and Other Stories (Autumn House Press, 2016), won the Autumn House Press Fiction Prize, was a finalist for Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, the Lambda Literary Awards, and Foreword INDIES Book of the Year in Short Stories, and was longlisted for The Story Prize. Her second short story collection, Vamoose: Stories is forthcoming from Vine Leaves Press in 2026. She lives in Philadelphia, PA.

Writers Retreats:

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

Sewanee Writers’ Conference

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge: Poems about Marriage (Poetworks/Grayson Books, 2003)

Love Shook My Heart (Alyson Publications, 2002)

Books:

The New Town Librarian (NineStar Press, 2023)

Bull and Other Stories (Autumn House Press, 2016)

Journals:

Apple Valley Review

Barcelona Review

Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly

Kenyon Review Online

Philadelphia Stories

Short Édition

StoryQuarterly

Tahoma Literary Review

Prizes won:

Winner of the Autumn House Press Fiction Prize; Tennessee Williams Scholarship in Fiction to the Sewanee Writers' Conference; New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship.

Watch

Kathy Anderson for Bad Mouth Reading Series

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Feminist, LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

Adults, LGBTQ

Fluent in:

English

Raised in:

Wilmington, DE

Delaware

Please note: All information in the Directory is provided by the listed writers or their representatives.

Last update: Apr 29, 2024