Cynthia Rogerson

Last updated August 12, 2025

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)
Highland Book Prize 2022 (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.

References

↑ Davies, Stevie (10 September 2010). "I Love You, Goodbye by Cynthia Rogerson". The Guardian.
↑ I Love You, Goodbye Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine at Black & White publishing.
↑ Stepping out Archived 7 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine at Salt.
↑ If I Touched the Earth Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine at Black & White Publishing.
↑ "V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize", The Royal Society of Literature.

External links

Official website

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[1] Davies, Stevie (10 September 2010). "I Love You, Goodbye by Cynthia Rogerson". The Guardian.

[2] I Love You, Goodbye Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine at Black & White publishing.

[3] Stepping out Archived 7 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine at Salt.

[4] If I Touched the Earth Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine at Black & White Publishing.

[5] "V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize", The Royal Society of Literature.

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