Cyra McFadden (born c. 1939) is an American writer, living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the
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. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The Serial A Year in the Life of Marin County (often referred to as The Serial) is a satirical novel written by Cyra McFadden. March 11, 1889 | The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The highly successful book was made into a 1980 movie called Serial, starring Tuesday Weld and Martin Mull. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Serial is a Comedy Film from 1980 produced by Paramount Pictures. Tuesday Weld (born August 27, 1943) is an Emmy - and Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe -winning American film and television Martin Mull (born August 18, 1943) is an American actor who has starred in his own TV sitcom and acted in prominent films
In 1986, McFadden wrote a very 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. for other uses see Memoir (disambiguation As a literary Genre, a memoir (from the French: mémoire 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. Rodeo (ˈroʊdioʊ or /roʊˈdeɪoʊ/ is a sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States After being out of print for several years, Rain or Shine was reprinted in 1998. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
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. The San Francisco Examiner is a US daily Newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since
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. Great Falls is a city in and the County seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States.
External links
- 1986 audio interview with Cyra McFadden at Wired for Books. Wired for Books is an online educational project of the WOUB Center for Public Media at Ohio University in Athens Ohio.