Terry Ryan (writer)

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Terry "Tuff" Ryan (July 14, 1946 – May 16, 2007) was an American

San Francisco for most of her adult life. She was best known for her memoir The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, published in 2001, and subsequent film adaptation
released in 2005.

She was born to Leo (nicknamed Kelly) and Evelyn Ryan, and was the sixth of 10 children.

DreamWorks SKG and released as a theatrical film in November 2005. It starred Julianne Moore as Evelyn Ryan and Woody Harrelson as Kelly Ryan. Jane Anderson
was director and screenwriter. Terry Ryan was a consultant on the film.

With artist Sylvia Mollick, Ryan was also the co-creator of the long-running cartoon

St Valentine's Day 2004. Her account of her wedding, titled We Do!, was published by Chronicle Books.[3]

She graduated from Bowling Green State University.

In 2004, after the film was filmed, Terry learned that she had Stage IV lung cancer that had metastasized to her brain. On May 16, 2007, Terry died of cancer at her San Francisco, California home.

References

  1. ^ "Who Is Terry Ryan?". Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2007-05-27.
  2. ^ Ryan, Terry (2001). The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less. Simon & Schuster Inc.
  3. ^ Benson, Heidi (2007-05-17). "Author Terry Ryan, 60, dies in S.F. home". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-05-27.
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