Cathy Marie Buchanan

Cathy Marie Buchanan
Born Niagara Falls, Ontario
Occupation novelist
Nationality Canadian
Alma mater Western University
Period 2009-present
Notable works The Day the Falls Stood Still, The Painted Girls
Children 3
Website
cathymariebuchanan.com

Cathy Marie Buchanan is a Toronto-based novelist. 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 IndieNext pick and a CBC Canada Reads Top 40 Essential Canadian Novel of the Decade.[1][2][3] Inspired by the life of Niagara's most famous riverman, William "Red" Hill, the novel chronicles early hydroelectric development on the Niagara River.

The Painted Girls, her second novel, was published in Canada in 2012; the US, the UK, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Poland in 2013; Lithuania in 2014; and Croatia in 2016. The Painted Girls is set in belle époque Paris and was inspired by the real-life model, Marie van Goethem, for Edgar Degas's Little Dancer Aged Fourteen and a notorious criminal trial of the era. Published January 2013, The Painted Girls received enthusiastic reviews (Kirkus,[4] Globe and Mail,[5] The Washington Post,[6] People,[7] Entertainment Weekly,[8] USA Today,[9] The National Post,[10] Toronto Star,[11] Aspen Daily News,[12] CS Monitor[13]) and garnered favourable notices in Vanity Fair,[14] Vogue,[15] Good Housekeeping,[16] Chicago Tribune,[17] Costco Connection,[18] Harper's Bazaar,[19] The Boston Globe,[20] San Francisco Chronicle[21] and Chatelaine | Pick of the Month.[22] Also an IndieNext pick,[23] The Painted Girls was recognised as a best book of 2013 by NPR,[24] Goodreads,[25] Good Housekeeping[26] and the School Library Journal[27] and won the Ontario Library Association's Evergreen Award.[28] It debuted on the New York Times bestsellers list[29] and became a #1 national bestseller in Canada.[30]

Buchanan's forthcoming novel, Devotion, is set in Iron Age Britain on the eve of Roman conquest and tells the story of Smith, Devout and their daughter Hobble, who has the gift of prophesy and walks with a limp. With old customs dictating human sacrifice in times of great stress, anxiety mounts as the Romans draw closer to the family's remote settlement.

Previously, Cathy Marie's stories have appeared in some of Canada's most respected literary journals: The Antigonish Review, The Dalhousie Review, Descant, The New Quarterly and Quarry. She has been awarded grants by the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council and the Canada Council.

Buchanan holds a BSc (Honours Biochemistry) and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario and was born and raised in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

As at 2017, Buchanan is at work on a fourth novel.

References

  1. ↑ Barnes & Noble Booksellers | B&N Recommends
  2. ↑ September 2009 IndieNext List | American Booksellers Association
  3. ↑ CBC Books | The Top 40 Revealed
  4. ↑ Kirkus
  5. ↑ Globe and Mail
  6. ↑ The Washington Post
  7. ↑ Cathy Marie Buchanan | People Magazine Gives The Painted Girls the Royal Treatment
  8. ↑ Cathy Marie Buchanan | Entertainment Weekly Reviews The Painted Girls
  9. ↑ USA Today
  10. ↑ The National Post
  11. ↑ Toronto Star
  12. ↑ Aspen Daily News
  13. ↑ CS Monitor | 3 Smart New Historic Novels
  14. ↑ Cathy Marie Buchanan | Vanity Fair Gives The Painted Girls a Nod
  15. ↑ Cathy Marie Buchanan | Vogue Calls The Painted Girls A Book “People Are Talking About”
  16. ↑ Cathy Marie Buchanan | The Painted Girls is a Good Housekeeping Book Pick
  17. ↑ Chicago Tribune | Books
  18. ↑ Costco Connection | Author Spotlight
  19. ↑ Cathy Marie Buchanan | Harper's Bazaar Recommends The Painted Girls
  20. ↑ The Boston Globe | Word on the Street
  21. ↑ San Francisco Chronicle | Book Recommendations
  22. ↑ Chatelaine
  23. ↑ January 2013 Indie Next List | IndieBound
  24. ↑ NPR | 2013's Great Reads
  25. ↑ Goodreads | Best Historical Fiction
  26. ↑ Good Housekeeping | Best Reads of 2013
  27. ↑ School Library Journal | Best Books 2013
  28. ↑ Quill and Quire | Book News
  29. ↑ Cathy Marie Buchanan | The Painted Girls Debuts on the New York Times Bestsellers List
  30. ↑ Cathy Marie Buchanan | The Painted Girls Moves to #1 on The Globe and Mail’s Canadian Bestsellers List
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