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Cathy Marie Buchanan is a Toronto-based writer. ''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 Indie Next pick and a CBC Canada Reads Top 40 Essential Canadian Novel of the Decade.〔(Barnes & Noble Booksellers )〕〔(The September 2009 Indie Next List Preview | American Booksellers Association )〕 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, sold at auction in the US to Riverhead Books/Penguin Group, in Canada to HarperCollins and in the UK to Blackfriars/Little, Brown and Company. ''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. Published January 2013, ''The Painted Girls'' has received enthusiastic reviews (Kirkus,〔Kirkus https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cathy-marie-buchanan/painted-girls/〕 The Globe and Mail,〔The Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/new-cathy-marie-buchanan-novel-captures-life-in-belle-poque-paris/article7215012/〕 The Washington Post,〔The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-reviewthe-painted-girls-by-cathy-marie-buchanan/2013/01/21/364c5b04-5f35-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html〕 People,〔(People Magazine Gives The Painted Girls the Royal Treatment )〕 Entertainment Weekly,〔(Entertainment Weekly Reviews The Painted Girls )〕 USA Today〔USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/01/23/historical-fiction-aviators-wife-lindbergh-mrs-lincolns-dressmaker/1855751/〕) and has garnered favourable notices in Vanity Fair,〔(Vanity Fair Gives The Painted Girls a Nod )〕 Vogue,〔(Vogue Calls The Painted Girls A Book “People Are Talking About” )〕 Good Housekeeping,〔(The Painted Girls is a Good Housekeeping Book Pick )〕 Chicago Tribune,〔Chicago Tribune http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-02-01/features/ct-prj-0203-cathy-marie-buchanan-20130201_1_ballet-classes-paris-opera-young-girl〕 Costco Connection,〔Costco Connection http://www.costcoconnection.ca/connectioncaeng/20130102?pg=39#pg39〕 Harper's Bazaar,〔Harper's Bazaar http://www.harpersbazaar.com/magazine/feature-articles/painted-girls-cathy-buchanan-winter-books-2013#slide-12〕 The Boston Globe,〔The Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/ae/books/2013/01/19/news-about-new-england-writers-and-books/7DEUZl3z6d97hhxSXbdbFL/story.html〕 San Francisco Chronicle〔San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/books/topshelf/article/Book-recommendations-Towne-Center-Books-4321342.php〕 and Chatelaine.〔Chatelaine http://www.chatelaine.com/living/chatelaine-book-club/february-book-of-the-month-the-painted-girls-by-cathy-marie-buchanan/〕 Also an IndieNext pick,〔(Indie Next List | IndieBound )〕 ''The Painted Girls'' debuted on the New York Times bestsellers list〔New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-02-03/hardcover-fiction/list.html〕 and is a #1 national bestseller in Canada.〔(The Painted Girls Moves to #1 on The Globe and Mail’s Canadian Bestsellers List )〕 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 and the Toronto Arts 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 2013, Buchanan is at work on a third novel. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cathy Marie Buchanan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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