Catherine Gentile Explained

Catherine Gentile is an American short story writer.

Life

She is a native of Hartford, Connecticut. She graduated from Saint Joseph College (Connecticut) with a master's degree. After a career in special education/mental health, she turned to writing.

Her short fiction has been published in The Hurricane Review, The Ledge, The Long Story, and Kaleidoscope.

She is a staff writer for Portland Trails.^[1] She lives with her husband near Yarmouth, Maine, where she is completing her first novel, Sunday's Orphan.^{[2] [3]}

Awards

• 2005 Dana Award
• Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg, Russia fellowship
• The Reynolds Price Fiction Contest finalist

Works

Anthologies

• Book: Hello, Goodbye: Stories, Essays and Poems for the 21st Century . Gay Baines . Mary Ann Eichelberger . July Literary Press. January 2003. 978-0-9675504-2-8.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-11-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100706094445/http://www.trails.org/newsletters/PT.Summer.06.pdf . 2010-07-06 .
2. Web site: Previous winners . 2009-11-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091010164811/http://www.danaawards.com/previous%20winners.htm . 2009-10-10 . dead .
3. Web site: Salem College.