Cathy Marie Buchanan
Cathy Marie Buchanan
Cathy Marie Buchanan is a Toronto-based writer. The Day the Falls Stood Still, her debut novel, was published in North America in 2009 and Italy and the UK in 2010. It immediately became a New York Times bestseller. The novel was chosen as a Barnes & Noble Recommends selection, a Barnes & Noble Best of 2009 book, an American Booksellers Association Indie Next pick and a CBC Canada Reads Top 40 Essential Canadian Novel of the Decade. Inspired by the...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth23 May 1963
CountryCanada
I really became convinced I wanted to tell the story of the real-life model for the Degas sculpture 'Little Dancer Aged 14,' which was unveiled in 1881, the Belle Epoque.
Christina Baker Kline writes exquisitely about two unlikely friends—one, a 91-year-old survivor of the grinding poverty of rural Ireland, immigrant New York and the hardscrabble Midwest; and the other, a casualty of a string of foster homes—each struggling to transcend a past of isolation and hardship. Orphan Train will hold you in its grip as their fascinating tales unfold.
I don't wait for inspiration. I get up and write every day.
Just when you think you’ve got Arranged figured out, time and again Catherine McKenzie delivers the flawless, unexpected twist that keeps you glued to the book.
Im very comfortable with tweeting, I have a very active author Facebook page, I Skype book clubs all over the world.
It breaks my heart that we are always being nudged toward the most recently published books, when so many worthy books have gone unexplored.
I feel that if you made your writing too contrived to meet the market, it wouldn't be any good.