Cyra McFadden

Cyra McFadden (born c. 1939) is an American writer, living in the San Francisco Bay Area.

McFadden's 1977 novel The Serial: A Year in the Life of Marin County satirized the trendy lifestyles of the affluent residents of Marin County, California, just north of San Francisco.^[1] The book was made into a 1980 movie called Serial, starring Tuesday Weld and Martin Mull.

In 1986, McFadden wrote a positively reviewed personal memoir entitled Rain or Shine: A Family Memoir, in which she described her childhood growing up as the daughter of free-spirited parents. The book was a finalist for the Pulitzer that year. Her father, Cy Taillon, was arguably the most famous American rodeo announcer of the mid-20th century. After being out of print for several years, Rain or Shine was reprinted in 1998.

McFadden wrote a biweekly column for the San Francisco Examiner for six years, mostly in the 1980s, and was also a features writer for that daily newspaper.^[2]

She was born in Great Falls, Montana, and spent much of her childhood traveling with her parents on the rodeo circuit and living in Missoula, Montana.

References

1. ^ Will, George (1 August 1977). "Moderns and their fight against status anxieties". The Free Lance–Star: p. 4. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=auoQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-ooDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6667,21593&dq=cyra-mcfadden&hl=en. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 
2. ^ Dalle-Molle, Kathy (May 1997). "Hanging Out in the `Nabe' with Writer Cyra McFadden". Noe Valley Voice. http://www.noevalleyvoice.com/1997/May/cyra597.html. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 

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