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Caroline Ryder (born November 12, 1980) is a writer based in Los Angeles, California, known for her work withLA Weekly,Dazed magazine and theLos Angeles Times and for co-authoringDirty Rocker Boys,[1] named among the "50 greatest rock memoirs of all time" by Rolling Stone magazine.[2]
Born to an Irish father and a Brazilian mother inMadrid, Spain, she was raised in London, England, and educated atHaberdashers' Aske's School for Girls in Elstree. She graduated from theLondon School of Economics and worked atMTV Europe andWarner Music before moving to Los Angeles in 2005. After meeting street artistShepard Fairey at a nightclub in Hollywood, she became an editor for his magazineSwindle, interviewing members of the IRA for a cover article[3] on pro-terrorism murals, as well as Black PantherBobby Seale, actressPam Grier, porn publisherLarry Flynt, singerNancy Sinatra and filmmakerLarry Clark.
Known for her coverage of the LA indie music and fashion scenes, she became one of theLA Weekly's first fashion bloggers.[4] In 2007, she was hired by theLos Angeles Times to act as style editor of their youth culture portal,Metromix.[5] She was named style editor ofVariety until being laid off in 2008.[6]
In 2010,Odd Future granted Ryder their first print interview,[7] which was published in theLA Weekly.
In 2012, she became a columnist for KCET's Artbound.[8]
In 2015, she conducted the first solo interview[9] withYolandi Visser ofDie Antwoord forDazed magazine.[10]
In 2013, it was announced that Sony Films was developing an adaptation ofKicking Up Dirt.[14]
Her feature scriptMimi and Ulrich, written under the mentorship ofMary Sweeney andUdo Kier, was shortlisted for the 2015 Sundance Screenwriting Lab.
She is a graduate ofUSC's School of Cinematic Arts, where she earned her MFA in Writing for Screen and Television.
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