Kathleen Gerard is a writer whose work has been nominated for and awarded many literary prizes including The Saturday Evening Post "Great American Fiction" Prize, The William Faulkner-William Wisdom Prize, The Mark Twain House Humor Prize, The Erma Bombeck Writing Award, Best New American Voices and Short Story America.
Kathleen writes across genres. Her short prose and poetry have been widely published in magazines, journals and anthologies. Her essays has been featured in the The Wall Street Journal and broadcast on National Public Radio (NPR). Several of Kathleen's plays have been staged and performed regionally and off-Broadway. Kathleen has served as a contributing columnist to Our Sunday Visitor and Catholic Twin Circle magazines, as well as The Record (Northern NJ's largest daily) newspaper.
Kathleen's novel, IN TRANSIT won The New York Book Festival - "Best Romantic Fiction" category. And her novella, COLD COMFORT, is a story about the bonds of family, old flames, food and Thanksgiving. Kathleen's novel, THE THING IS, centers on a therapy dog named Prozac that rescues a woman in grief.
In addition, Kathleen's prize-winning fine art photographs are held in private collections, have been regionally and nationally exhibited and widely published.
Contact Kathleen at katgerard@aol.com