T. Rutherford
Author

Headshot photo of author T Rutherford. She is wearing dark glasses and a plum colored coat and top.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

T. Rutherford has been a teacher, a lawyer, and a professional photographer; she is currently a university faculty member researching technology and student motivation. These experiences contribute to her fiction writing focus on women who also balance multiple identities and desires. Her work often includes romantic or speculative elements with a STEMinist twist.
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Novels Written and In Progress

OUR ELSEWHERE

Currently Querying
A widow chases her deceased husband through death to find and save him, merging with versions of herself in each new world.
General Fiction Category Winner, 2025 Book Pipeline Unpublished

FOUR PLAYS

Completed
When a single mother brings her kid to audition for the local theater, she finds herself pulled into the theater's community to act, to shape her own identity, and to find love with the leading man.

FAMILY SCIENCE

Currently Querying
A widowed single mom takes a chance on her dream of a PhD, but a hot chemistry professor, her deceased husband's famous family, and her daughter's propensity to stuff her pockets with worms get in the way.

ANTI-CHARTER CAMPAIGN

In Progress
A group of elementary teachers replaces their weekly D&D game with a found campaign, leading to real-life consequences they must control in order to save their school from a charter takeover.