Cylin Busby

Cylin Busby

Busby in 2010
Born (1970-05-01) May 1, 1970
Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA
Occupation Writer, editor
Nationality American
Period 1990s-present
Genre Young Adult fiction, memoir, supernatural fiction, thriller
Website
cylinbusby.com

Cylin Busby (born May 1, 1970) is a middle-grade and young adult children's writer, known for the best-selling memoir, The Year We Disappeared, written with her father John Busby.

Early life

Born the youngest of three children (she has two older brothers, Eric Busby and Shawn Busby), Cylin grew up in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In 1979, her police officer father, John Busby, was seriously injured in a shooting.[1] During the resulting investigation, the family was relocated and lived in hiding for five years.[2][3] Cylin and John co-wrote a memoir about the experience which went on to become a best seller, placing at #3 on the nonfiction lists for The Wall Street Journal[4][5] and Publishers Weekly.[6][7] The book also earned #1 best seller placement on Amazon's nonfiction list. Their memoir was featured in 2009 on the CBS television program 48 Hours in an episode titled Live to Tell: The Year We Disappeared[8] and was optioned for a motion picture in 2014.

Education and career

Cylin graduated from Hampshire College (B.A., 1993). Her publishing career began at Random House. She would later work at HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster as a children’s book editor. In 2000, she relocated to Los Angeles where she began working as the Senior Editor of Teen Magazine.

Personal

Cylin lives in Los Angeles with her husband, film executive/producer Damon Ross, and their young son. Her latest book is the middle grade historical novel, The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs.

Awards and recognition

For The Year We Disappeared

For Blink Once

For The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs

Works

Fiction

Nonfiction

Memoir

Series

  1. The Campfire Crush
  2. The Dance Dilemma
  3. Ski Trip Trouble

Anthology

Audio book

Film and television

References

  1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20141020102115/http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050926/NEWS01/309269956. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ Pearsall, Samantha (10 April 2009). "The Never-ending Reine Saga". Cape Cod Times. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Gately, Paul (11 September 2008). "Bourne seen as safe site for Falmouth crime victim". Bourne Courier. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Associated, The (2014-03-13). "WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS - Washington Times". Pages.citebite.com. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  5. ↑ "Wall Street Journal Best-Sellers". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  6. ↑ "Publishers Weekly Best-Sellers - Las Vegas Sun News". Pages.citebite.com. 2014-06-15. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  7. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20140714231950/http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/mar/13/publishers-weekly-best-sellers/. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "Live To Tell: The Year We Disappeared". CBS News. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  9. ↑ "Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2008". Pages.citebite.com. 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  10. ↑ "Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2008". Publishersweekly.com. 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  11. ↑ "Cybils: The 2008 Cybils Winners". Dadtalk.typepad.com. 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  12. ↑ Hassett, Bob (13 February 2015). "Great YA biographies your kids (and face it: you) will like to read". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  13. ↑ Szmit, Kathleen (31 July 2008). "The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir". The Barnstable Patriot. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  14. ↑ Hawk, Fran (22 June 2009). "Book chronicles a family's ordeal (book review)". The Post and Courier.
  15. ↑ Curry, Maureen (17 June 2012). "Books to lift you up". The Morning Star.
  16. ↑ Green, Judy (9 March 2008). "A peek at some private memories (book review)". Sacramento Bee. McClatchy.

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