Catherine Rodgers
Image
Brief Biography
Catherine Rodgers was a native of Camp Hill, Alabama, and exhibited an interest in storytelling since childhood. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1938 having already sold her first short story to The Birmingham News-Age Herald the year before. Rodgers went on to earn a master’s degree from Alabama Polytechnic Institute and also studied under Hudson Strode at the University of Alabama. Throughout her life, Rodgers maintained a commitment to writing while balancing a teaching career. Her only published novel, The Towers Inheritance, was released in 1958. Rodgers continued to write until her passing in 2004.
Publications
The Towers Inheritance. New York; Doubleday, 1958.
Themes
Catherine Rodgers wrote short stories and novels. Her only published novel is set in and around her birthplace of Camp Hill, Alabama, just after the turn of the 20th century.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
Collection
Citation
Rodgers, Catherine, “Catherine Rodgers,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/647.