Caroline Ryder

Born to an Irish father and a Brazilian mother in Madrid, Spain, she was raised in London, England, and educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls in Elstree. She graduated from the London School of Economics and worked at MTV Europe and Warner Music before moving to Los Angeles in 2005. After meeting street artist Shepard Fairey at a nightclub in Hollywood, she became an editor for his magazine Swindle, interviewing members of the IRA for a cover article{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/publicity/media/2005-02_Swindle_Magazine.pdf |title=Swindle : Painting The Town by Caroline Ryder |publisher=Cain.ulst.ac.uk |accessdate=March 7, 2015}} on pro-terrorism murals, as well as Black Panther Bobby Seale, actress Pam Grier, porn publisher Larry Flynt, singer Nancy Sinatra and filmmaker Larry Clark.

Known for her coverage of the LA indie music and fashion scenes, she became one of the LA Weekly's first fashion bloggers.{{cite web|last=Roderick |first=Kevin |url=http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2005/10/blogging_fashion_week.php |title=Blogging Fashion Week |publisher=LA Observed |date=October 19, 2005 |accessdate=March 7, 2015}} In 2007, she was hired by the Los Angeles Times to act as style editor of their youth culture portal, Metromix.{{cite web|last=Roderick |first=Kevin |url=http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2007/04/morning_buzz_wednesday_42.php |title=Morning Buzz: Wednesday 4.25.07 |publisher=LA Observed |date=April 25, 2007 |accessdate=March 7, 2015}} She was named style editor of Variety until being laid off in 2008.{{cite web|last=Finke |first=Nikki |url=https://deadline.com/2008/12/layoffs-at-hollywood-reporter-12-the-staff-7654/ |title=UPDATE: Layoffs Gut Hollywood Reporter; Variety's Stylephile Victim Of Recession |publisher=Deadline Hollywood |date=December 4, 2008 |accessdate=March 7, 2015}}

In 2010, Odd Future granted Ryder their first print interview,{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-future-is-odd-2167358%20|title=The Future is Odd |accessdate=March 7, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131553/http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-future-is-odd-2167358 |archivedate=April 2, 2015 }} which was published in the LA Weekly.

In 2012, she became a columnist for KCET's Artbound.{{cite web|last=Cruz |first=Lenika |url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/american-idol-meets-arts-journalism-in-kcets-artbound-2372701 |title=American Idol Meets Arts Journalism, in KCET's Artbound – Los Angeles | Los Angeles News and Events |work=L.A. Weekly |publisher=LA Weekly |date=May 9, 2012 |accessdate=March 7, 2015}}

In 2015, she conducted the first solo interview{{cite web|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/23706/1/yo-landi-visser-dark-star |title=Yo-landi Visser: dark star | Dazed |date=February 26, 2015 |publisher=Dazeddigital.com |accessdate=March 7, 2015}} with Yolandi Visser of Die Antwoord for Dazed magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.exacteditions.com/magazine/396/434 |title=Dazed & Confused |publisher=Exact Editions |accessdate=March 7, 2015}}

• Co-author of the 2015 Gwar biography Let There Be Gwar.{{Cite book|title=Let There Be Gwar |isbn=978-1584235965|last1=Gorman|first1=Bob|date=September 2015|publisher=Gingko Press, Incorporated }}
• Co-authored the Sunset Strip memoir Dirty Rocker Boys and, "Cherry on Top: Flirty, Forty-Something, and Funny as F*ck," alongside Bobbie Brown.{{Cite book|isbn=978-1476734705|title=Dirty Rocker Boys|first1=Bobbie|last1=Brown|first2=Caroline|last2=Ryder|publisher=Gallery Books |date=November 26, 2013 }}
• Co-author of Kicking Up Dirt{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Kicking-Up-Dirt-Determination-Deafness-ebook/dp/B003GFIVFW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425690627&sr=1-1&keywords=kicking+up+dirt |title=Kicking *Up Dirt: A True Story of Determination, Deafness, and Daring eBook: Ashley Fiolek, Caroline Ryder: Books |date=April 23, 2010 |publisher=HarperCollins e-books |accessdate=March 7, 2015}} with X Games champion Ashley Fiolek.

In 2013, it was announced that Sony Films was developing an adaptation of Kicking Up Dirt.{{cite web|url=http://www.ramascreen.com/race-to-witch-mountain-director-will-be-kicking-up-dirt-with-motorcross-champ-ashley-fiolek/ |title=RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN Director Will Be KICKING UP DIRT With Motorcross Champ, Ashley Fiolek " Rama's Screen |publisher=Ramascreen.com |accessdate=March 7, 2015}}

Her feature script Mimi and Ulrich, written under the mentorship of Mary Sweeney and Udo Kier, was shortlisted for the 2015 Sundance Screenwriting Lab.

She is a graduate of USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where she earned her MFA in Writing for Screen and Television.

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• [http://www.laweekly.com/authors/caroline-ryder Laweekly.com]
• [http://www.laweekly.com/music/odd-futures-tyler-the-creator-at-the-jimmy-fallon-show-watch-2412188 Laweekly.com]
• [http://www.nationalrockreview.com/book-film-review/dirty-rocker-boys-will-cleanse-your-rock-and-roll-soul-2 Nationalrockreview.com]
• [https://deadline.com/2013/12/sony-affirm-films-motocross-ashley-fiolek-kicking-up-dirt-646646/ Deadline.com]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150222041304/http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/columnists/caroline-ryder-1/ Kcet.org]

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