C. D. Payne

C. Douglas Payne
Born (1949-07-05) July 5, 1949
Akron, Ohio, United States
Pen name C. D. Payne
Occupation Author, playwright, portable museum curator
Nationality American
Genre Absurdist fiction, humor, plays
Notable works Youth in Revolt (1993)
Website
www.nicktwisp.com

C. D. Payne (born C. Douglas Payne; July 5, 1949) is an American writer of absurdist fiction who is best known for his series of novels about fictional teenager Nick Twisp. They are called the "Youth in Revolt" series or "The Journals of Nick Twisp"

In the novels the protagonist, Nick, strives to balance out his budding sexual urges while remaining an intellectual teenager in a world of moronic adults.

Along with the "Youth" series he is the author of several other novels including Frisco Pigeon Mambo and Civic Beauties, a parody of politics in the United States, which follows the lives of two teenage twin girls whose father is campaigning to be Vice President. He has also published a play titled, Queen of America: A Royal Comedy in Three Acts. Frisco Pigeon Mambo was bought by Fox Animation, but was never made into a film. 'Youth in Revolt' was developed and distributed by Dimension Films in January 2010.

Payne was born in Akron, Ohio in 1949 (July 5). He graduated from Harvard College in 1971. He then moved to California, and has worked as a newspaper editor, cartoonist, typesetter, graphic artist, proofreader, photographer, advertising copywriter, trailer park handyman, and carpenter. He is married and lives in Sonoma County.

Selected bibliography

Nick Twisp series

  1. Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp (contains books 1–3) (Aivia Press, 1993). Contains:
    • Book 1: Youth in Revolt
    • Book 2: Youth in Bondage
    • Book 3: Youth in Exile
NOTE: All subsequent reprints are also titled Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp (Doubleday, 1995: ISBN 0-385-47693-0) (Main Street Books, 1996: ISBN 0-385-48196-9) (published by Quartet in the UK), but they contain edited versions of books 1–3.
  1. Revolting Youth: The Further Journals of Nick Twisp (AKA Book 4: Revolting Youth) (Aivia Press, 2000: ISBN 1-882647-15-7)
  2. Young and Revolting: The Continental Journals of Nick Twisp (AKA Book 5: Young and Revolting) (Infinity Publishing, 2006: ISBN 0-7414-3417-2)
  3. Revoltingly Young: The Journals of Nick Twisp's Younger Brother (AKA Book 6: Revoltingly Young) (Infinity Publishing, 2006: ISBN 0-7414-3416-4)
  4. Son of Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Scott Twisp (AKA Book 7: Son of Youth in Revolt) (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012: ISBN 1466436085)
  5. Revolt at the Beach: More Twisp Family Chronicles (AKA Book 8: Youth in Venice) (Aivia Press, 2015: ISBN 1882647068)

Other books

Plays

The inaugural performance was by the City Lights Theater Company in San Jose, CA.

Television and film

External links

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