About

Kathy Anderson is the author of the novel, The New Town Librarian (NineStar Press, 2023) and the short story collection, Bull and Other Stories (Autumn House Press, 2016), which won the Autumn House Press Fiction Prize and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, as well as longlisted for The Story Prize. The New Town Librarian is her first novel.

A former public librarian, she worked for over 25 years in small town public libraries in southern New Jersey, the setting for The New Town Librarian. She lives with her wife in Philadelphia, PA.

Other Works

  • Bull and Other Stories (Autumn House Press)

    2016

Awards and Recognition

  • Winner, Autumn House Press Fiction Prize
  • Finalist, Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction
  • Finalist, Lambda Literary Awards
  • Finalist, Foreword INDIES Award
  • Longlisted for The Story Prize