Tonya Hurley

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Tonya Hurley is an American writer and director in film, television, live performance, interactive media and the New York Times best-selling author of the book series ghostgirl (2008).

Her work includes "Kiss My Brain" (1997); "The Biblical Real World" (1998); "Solo-Me-O" (1999), first broadcast on PBS in their documentary series "Reel New York"; "Baptism Of Solitude: A Tribute To Paul Bowles" (2000), Tribeca Film Festival selection which aired on the Independent Film Channel, nominated for a Rockefeller Foundation Award [cite news|url=http://www.tonyahurleyproductions.com/about_us.php|title=Tonya Hurley Biography|date=July 14, 2008|work=Tonya Hurley Biography|accessdate=2008-09-18] in film and is being distributed on a DVD through The United Nations; and "Best Friend" (2001), which premiered at the 2002 Tribeca Film Festival and Edinburgh Film Festival and was broadcast on Trio, and a feature length script, "Good Mourning" which made the semi-finals of the Sundance Institute's Writer's Lab.

Hurley was co-creator and co-producer of the sitcom "So Little Time" (ABC Family) and the animated series "In Action!" (ABC) both starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. She was the primary provider of original content for the "mary-kateandashley" website and creator and co-executive producer of "mary-kateandashley" brand video games for Playstation 2 and Game Boy. She wrote, produced and directed commercials for Warner Home video, Playstation and Game Boy and developed "mary-kateandashley" dolls and boardgames for Mattel.

Hurley's most recent creation (as of 2008) is "ghostgirl", launched in 2002 on [http://www.ghostgirl.com ghostgirl.com] and published as a Young Adult series from Little, Brown published on August 1, 2008. [cite news|url=http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_10079770|title='Cherise the Niece': will surely appeal to those who like dark humor (includes a review of Ghostgirl)|last=Mills|first=Michelle J. |date=08/02/2008|work=Pasadena Star-News|accessdate=2008-09-14]

The first novel of the series has received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly [cite news|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6577452.html|title=Children's Books Reviews: Week of 7/14/2008|date=July 14, 2008|work=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=2008-09-18] , Kirkus [cite news|url=http://www.kirkusreviews.com/kirkusreviews/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003821548|title=Kirkus Reviews - Hurley, Tonya|date=July 01, 2008|work=Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=2008-09-18] , VOYA and School Library Journal [cite news|url=http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6578054.html?nid=4302|title=Hurley, Tonya. Ghostgirl. Little, Brown. August 2008|date=July 13, 2008|work=School Library Journal|accessdate=2008-09-18] . It hit the New York Times best-seller list [cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/books/bestseller/bestchildren.html|title=Best Sellers - Children's Books - Chapter Books|date=September 21, 2008|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-09-14] the week of September 14, 2008.

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* [http://www.tonyahurley.com tonyahurley.com]