Cylin Busby
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Cylin Busby | |
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 Busby in 2023 | |
| Born | |
| Occupation | Writer, editor |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1990s-present |
| Genre | Young Adult fiction, memoir, supernatural fiction, thriller |
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Cylin Busby is an author and screenwriter, known for the best-selling true crime memoir, The Year We Disappeared, written with her father John Busby.
Born the youngest of three children (she has two older brothers, Eric Busby and Shawn Busby), Cylin grew up in Falmouth on 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.). 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. She has written more than 20 books for young readers and is published in 15 countries.
Personal
Cylin lives in Los Angeles with her family. Her latest novel is the YA thriller, The Stranger Game.[9] Her most recent picture book is The White House Cat (HarperCollins).[10]
In 2022, Cylin had an unexpected encounter with P-22, a famous mountain lion from Griffith Park in Los Angeles, who showed up on her front porch.[11]
Awards and recognition
For The Year We Disappeared
- Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2008[12][13]
- An IndieBound Next Pick
- Cybils Award, Nonfiction, 2008[14]
- Georgia Peach Book Award For Teen Readers Nominee
- IRA/CC Young Adults’ Choice
- Texas Taysha Reading List (2010)
- Iowa High School Book Award (2011)
For Blink Once
- Junior Library Guild Selection
- Scholastic Catalog Selection
- Nominated and Finalist: Isinglass Book Award, 2014
- Nominated and Finalist: Grand Canyon Reader Award, 2014
- Published in: US, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Czech Republic, Germany.
For The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs
- Starred review, Booklist
- Starred review, School Library Journal
- Amazon "Best Book of the Month" February 2016
For The Stranger Game
- Junior Library Guild Selection
- Rights sold in: US, United Kingdom, Turkey, Spain, France
