Catherine Ryan Hyde (born 1955) is an American novelist and short story writer, with more recent forays and tangible success in the transition from traditional publications to the world of e-book publishing. His novel has enjoyed the status of best-selling book in both the US and the UK, and his short story has won many awards and honors. Her book Pay It Forward was adapted into her movie and novel
Ryan-Hyde's literary works in general are an optimistic exploration of ordinary people, troubled or disadvantaged characters or recovering from past hardship or abuse. Many travel features parallel some of Catherine's own travels, life in New York City, small towns, and 'cross country' trips and exploring the frequent settings in these areas and West and Southwest America. Young Ryan-Hyde's writings and activities address issues such as alcoholism (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender), social service difficulties, etc. Catherine is also an avid walker, kayaker, photographer, and famous for being a very active blogger writer and interview-accessible. Recently he has taken and enjoyed horseback riding as well.
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Catherine was born in a family of writers, and lived during her childhood in Buffalo, New York City, and briefly lived in New York City, a repetitive influence often in her writing in the form of arrangements for part of or the whole story of the bow. He attributes the changeover of the "last child pick" on the team towards becoming a writer for favorite teacher, Lenny Horowitz, who later died of liver cancer. After an accelerated graduation from high school at the age of 17, Catherine worked many jobs such as being a dog trainer, tour guide at Hearst Castle, and working at a bakery before dedicating herself to being a full-time writer in the early 1980s.
After a cross-country move to the Los Angeles area, he currently lives and writes and blogs from his home and the area around Cambria, California.
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Early writing career: short stories and novels
Initial success came from writing short stories, at one point collecting over 122 rejections before first published, and since then a total of over 1500 rejections produced about 50 published stories.
During this time, Catherine also wrote her first novel Walter's Purple Heart, her first published novel Funeral for Horses, and an anthology of 18 short stories,
Pay Home
According to the published interview, the origin of the idea for the novel came when Catherine's car was burned in what she described as "the bad neighborhood" in which she lived, and two strangers came to her aid, then left before she could even thank her. they.
Since then Pay It Forward has been translated into twenty languages ​​for publication in over thirty countries, and was selected among the Best Young Adult Books in 2001 by the American Library Association and continues to be between him. the most popular and requested work. The Pay It Forward film (Warner Brothers) was released theatrically in 2000, starring Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and Haley Joel Osment.
Pay It Forward, Young Reader Edition was released on August 19, 2014. The new version tells the same story but is revised widely to be more free for lesson plans, summer reading lists, etc. For students at the middle-class level, that is, for students around the same age and maturity level as the main protagonist of the novel, Trevor McKinney.
Short stories and other posts
His work has appeared in The Antioch Review The Michigan Quarterly The Virginia Quarterly Review , The Sun , > plowshoe , and Glimmer Train . Two of his stories have been respected in Raymond Carver's Short Stories Contest. He received second place in the 1998 Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction Bellingham Review. Nearly a dozen stories have been nominated for America's Best Short Stories, The O'Henry Award, and The Pushcart Prize.
Work online
- Five Singing Gardeners and One Dead Stranger, nominated for Pushcart Prizes
- "Hurricane Laura", Virginia Quarterly Review , Autumn 2000, pp.721-735
One of the more funny things that Ryan Hyde does is The Bet which is an annual bet for fun at Kentucky Derby with other authors. Winners can choose creative but strange titles for second place, third second choice, etc. Through many authors are included. Some of these stories are published in Catherine and other blog authors etc. In 2014 Catherine chooses California Chrome, who wins, so she "escapes" to write a story that year. By 2015, Kimberley wins, so Catherine is interested in a story.
Current writing career
Due to the success of Pay It Forward (novel), Catherine has published over 24 novels, and many more short stories, including major works of YES such as Year of the Miracle I , Be Chloe , and the LGBT/YA Jumpstart the World novel, which garnered several "shortlist" nominees mentioning awards such as "The Best of the Year award in the Book Awards and as a Lambda Literary Award Finalist in 2011.
Photography
Catherine has posted digital versions of wildlife in and around Cambria and on many of her travels over the years, including some of her "pay" style activities. Major subjects include wildlife, wildflowers, sunsets, and photos of interesting cloud formations that he calls "performed by Cloud Painter". Many of his best photographs are included in a special book "coffee table" containing a photo called the 365 Days of Gratitude . Amazon Digital Services, Inc. 2014. ASINÃ, B00JPSS208. Ã, Recently, Catherine traveled to and made a blog from Nepal, including many photos of people, places, and of course the Himalayas she visited. Many of these photos can be seen in Catherine's photo domain.
Important activity
She has served on the panel of the 1998 fiction offerings of the Arts Commission of Arizona, and to the editorial staff of Santa Barbara Review and Central Coast Magazine. He teaches workshops at the Santa Barbara Conference, La Jolla, and the Central Coast Writers.
He is the founder and former president of the Bayar Home Foundation. As a professional public speaker, he has spoken at the National Conference on Education, twice speaking at Cornell University, meeting members of Americorps at the White House, and sharing the podium with Bill Clinton.
Catherine also gave many interviews about her success as a writer on blogs, radio stations, including an online short video of what it takes to succeed to be a published author.
Work
Novel
- Funeral for Horse (1997)
- "Earthquake Weather". Short stories published in a collection of short stories Weather Earthquakes and Other Stories (1998) Pay It Forward (1999; Young 2014 Edition)
- Electrical God (English Edition: The Hardest part of Love ) (2000)
- Walter Purple Heart (2002)
- Love in Present Tense (2006)
- Being Chloe's series:
- Be Chloe (2006)
- Always Chloe . Novella is published in the collection of short stories Always Chloe and Other Stories (2013)
- My Amazing Year of Occurrence (2007)
- Chase the Windmill (2008)
- The Day I Killed James (2008)
- A Witness Diary (2009)
- When I Found You (2009)
- Second Hand Heart (2010)
- Jumpstart the World (2010)
- Do not Let Me Go (2011)
- When You Are Older (2012)
- Walk Me Home (2013)
- Where We Belong (2013)
- Take Me with You (2014)
- Hoofbeats (2014)
- Eligible (2015)
- Ask Him Why (2015)
- Leave the Blythe River (2016)
- Say Goodbye to Now (2016)
- Allie and Bea (2017)
- Build (2017)
- Earthquake and Other Stories (1998). Contains 18 short stories, among others:
- "Earthquake Weather"
- "Dante"
- "Mrs. Mulvaney, God of Locusts"
- "Texas Red Sky"
- Subway Dancer and Other Stories (2013). Contains 15 short stories, including:
- "Blue Dog In The Crazy Truck"
- "Hurricane Laura"
- "Blood Line"
- "Witness to Breath"
- "Disappearances"
- "Five Singing Gardeners and One Dead Stranger"
- "Requiem For a Flamer"
- "The Man Who Found You in the Forest"
- Always Chloe and Other Stories (2013). Contains 5 short stories:
- "Always Chloe". Novelette
- "Damage"
- "The Lion Lottery"
- "Pet Care, Tarot Reading, Helper Service"
- "Lucky Child"
- 365 Days of Gratitude: Photos from the Beautiful World (2014)
- How to become an Author in E-Age... And Keep Your E-Sanity (2012, with Anne R. Allen)
- Long Path, Cheats: Daily Inspiration from the Author to Pay This (2013)
- America's Best Short Story
- Dog is my Co-Pilot , Crown (2003)
- Subway Dancer and Other Stories , Amazon Digital Services (2013)
- Catherine Ryan Hyde's official website
- Catherine Photo Gallery Site
- Catherine Ryan Hyde on Goodreads
- Catherine Ryan Hyde at IMDb
- " The Witness of a Witness by Catherine Ryan Hyde", Bookslut , October 2009
- "Catherine Ryan Hyde", Red Space
- "Author Interview: Catherine Ryan Hyde!", Review X , April 23, 2008
Short story collection
Nonfiction
Antologi
In recent years and in response to encouragement from fellow authors, Catherine began work to bring many of her untrue titles into eBook publications. This effort has been quite successful so most titles and almost all of the newer books are available in the Kindle edition. According to statistics published by Amazon.com on a regular basis, Ryan-Hyde has often been one of the most successful authors in this arena, and has also shared much of his experience in the online arena through the guidelines referred to in the bibliography.
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External links
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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