Caroline Ryder

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Caroline Ryder (born, November 12, 1980) is a writer, based in Los Angeles, California, known for her work with LA Weekly, Dazed magazine and the Los Angeles Times and for co-authoring Dirty Rocker Boys,[1] named among the "50 greatest rock memoirs of all time" by Rolling Stone magazine. [2]

Journalism

Born to an Irish father and Brazilian mother in

MTV Europe and Warner Music before moving to Los Angeles in 2005. After meeting street artist Shepard Fairey at a nightclub in Hollywood, she became an editor for his magazine Swindle, interviewing members of the IRA for a cover article[3] on pro-terrorism murals, as well as Black Panther Bobby Seale, actress Pam Grier, porn publisher Larry Flynt, singer Nancy Sinatra and Larry Clark
.

Known for her coverage of the LA indie music and fashion scenes, she became one of the LA Weekly 's first fashion bloggers.[4] In 2007, she was hired by the Los Angeles Times to act as style editor of their youth culture portal, Metromix.[5] She was named style editor of Variety until being laid off in 2008.[6]

In 2010, Odd Future granted Ryder their first print interview,[7] which was published in the LA Weekly.

In 2012, she became a columnist for KCET's Artbound.[8]

In 2015, she conducted the first solo interview[9] with Yolandi Visser of Die Antwoord for Dazed magazine.[10]

Books

  • Co-author of the 2015 Gwar biography Let There Be Gwar.[11]
  • Co-authored the Sunset Strip memoir Dirty Rocker Boys and, "Cherry on Top: Flirty, Forty-Something, and Funny as F*ck," alongside Bobbie Brown.[12]
  • Co-author of Kicking Up Dirt[13] with X Games champion Ashley Fiolek.

Film

In 2013, it was announced that Sony Films was developing an adaptation of Kicking Up Dirt.[14]

Her feature script Mimi and Ulrich, written under the mentorship of Mary Sweeney and Udo Kier, was shortlisted for the 2015 Sundance Screenwriting Lab.

She is a graduate of USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where she gained her MFA in Writing for Screen and Television.

References

  1. ^ Dirty Rocker Boys; Amazon. Gallery Books. November 26, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Sheffield, Rob (March 23, 2020). "Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  3. ^ "Swindle : Painting The Town by Caroline Ryder" (PDF). Cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  4. ^ Roderick, Kevin (October 19, 2005). "Blogging Fashion Week". LA Observed. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  5. ^ Roderick, Kevin (April 25, 2007). "Morning Buzz: Wednesday 4.25.07". LA Observed. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  6. ^ Finke, Nikki (December 4, 2008). "UPDATE: Layoffs Gut Hollywood Reporter; Variety's Stylephile Victim Of Recession". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  7. ^ "The Future is Odd". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  8. ^ Cruz, Lenika (May 9, 2012). "American Idol Meets Arts Journalism, in KCET's Artbound – Los Angeles | Los Angeles News and Events". LA Weekly. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  9. ^ "Yo-landi Visser: dark star | Dazed". Dazeddigital.com. February 26, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  10. ^ "Dazed & Confused". Exact Editions. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  11. ISBN 978-1584235965
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  12. ISBN 978-1476734705
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  13. ^ Kicking *Up Dirt: A True Story of Determination, Deafness, and Daring eBook: Ashley Fiolek, Caroline Ryder: Books. HarperCollins e-books. April 23, 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  14. ^ "RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN Director Will Be KICKING UP DIRT With Motorcross Champ, Ashley Fiolek " Rama's Screen". Ramascreen.com. Retrieved March 7, 2015.

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