C. D. Payne
C. D. Payne is an American writer of absurdist fiction who is best known for his series of novels about fictional teenager Nick Twisp. They are called the "Youth in Revolt" series or "The Journals of Nick Twisp."
In the novels the protagonist, Nick, strives to balance out his budding sexual urges while remaining an intellectual teenager in a world of moronic adults.
Along with the "Youth" series he is the author of several other novels including Frisco Pigeon Mambo and Civic Beauties, a parody of politics in the United States, which follows the lives of teenage twin girls whose father is campaigning to be Vice President. He has also published a play titled, Queen of America: A Royal Comedy in Three Acts. Frisco Pigeon Mambo was bought by Fox Animation, but was never made into a film.
Youth in Revolt was developed and distributed by Dimension Films in January 2010.
Personal life
Payne was born in Akron, Ohio, in 1949, and graduated from Harvard College in 1971. He then moved to California and lived in a trailer in Santa Monica. He has worked as a newspaper editor, cartoonist, typesetter, graphic artist, proofreader, photographer, advertising copywriter, trailer park handyman, and carpenter. Many of his recent novels and stories are set in the 1950s.He is married and lives with his pet in Sonoma County, California.
Payne is an avid collector of campers, mobile homes, and trailers. His most prized possession is a 1964 Airstream trailer.
Selected bibliography
Nick Twisp series
- Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp . Contains:
- Revolting Youth: The Further Journals of Nick Twisp
- Young and Revolting: The Continental Journals of Nick Twisp
- Revoltingly Young: The Journals of Nick Twisp's Younger Brother
- Son of Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Scott Twisp
- Revolt at the Beach: More Twisp Family Chronicles
- Licensed To Revolt: The Journals of Twisps on the Move
- Revolting Obsessions
- Revolting Relations
- Revolting Times
- Revolting Narcissists
- Wealth Through Leisure
Other books
- Civic Beauties: A Musical Novel
- Frisco Pigeon Mambo
- Invisibly Yours
- Helen and Brenda
- Cheeky Swimsuits of 1957
- Miracle in a Can
- The Unpleasant Poet
- Cary and Randy: A Play in Two Acts
- Gambling on Divorce
- Midcentury Mischief: 7 Comic Tales
- The Vagabond and the All-Girl Band
- ''The Handsomest Man in the World''
Plays
- ''Queen of America: A Royal Comedy in Three Acts''
Television and film
- Episode #2A of Disney's Recess; titled "Mama's Girl". Aired on September 19, 1998. Teleplay was based on a story that C. D. Payne wrote for the show.
- Frisco Pigeon Mambo. The film rights to this novel are currently owned by the now defunct Fox Animation Studios. It is unknown what the status is or plans are with these rights.
- Youth in Revolt was released January 8, 2010.