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Kathleen M. Rodgers
Award-Winning Author

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2021 WILLA Literary Award Finalist in Contemporary Fiction

The Flying Cutterbucks


Decades ago, Trudy, Georgia, and Aunt Star formed a code of silence to protect each other from an abusive man who terrorized their family. One act of solidarity long ago lives with them still. With the election of a president who brags about groping women without their consent, old wounds and deep secrets come alive again, forcing hard truths to be told and even harder truths to be left to the dead.


On the outskirts of Pardon, New Mexico, Trudy returns to her mother, Jewel, to navigate an old house filled with haunting mementos of her father who went missing in action over North Vietnam. As she helps her mother sift through the memories and finally lay her father to rest, Trudy will do her own soul searching to say goodbye to the dead, and find her way along with the other women in her family, and through the next election.



Awards & Recognition 


  • 2022 New Mexico Press Women Zia Book Award 1st Runner-up 
  • 2021 WILLA Literary Award Finalist in Contemporary Fiction 
  • 2021 Pulpwood Queen Timber Guy Book of the Year 
  • 2021 NM-AZ Book Award Finalist
  • 2021 MWSA Gold Medal 
  • 2021  Readers' Favorite Gold  
  • 2021 Somerset Award Finalist  
  • 2021 Pulpwood Queen Timber Guy Book of the Month 



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I'm a former  magazine/newspaper writer turned novelist.  I enjoy speaking with book clubs and meeting readers online and in person. I welcome invitations from all types of  groups and anyone looking for a keynote speaker. I have a passion for military families, women's issues, and lifting others up. 

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"When we elevate others, we elevate ourselves. Let's all go be elevators."                                                                                                            


~  Kathleen M. Rodgers,  writer


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