American Library Association Award
Welcome to Ginny Rorby's Web site.
Ginny is a retired Pan Am flight attendant turned novelist and full-time volunteer. A poor student in high school, and a college drop-out, she finally recognized the importance of an education and returned to college at the ripe old age of 33. Attending classes during the week and flying trips to London on weekends, she finally graduated from the University of Miami--eight grueling years later--with a dual major in Biology and English.
"It was while I was at the U of M, that I first started writing. It was not something I'd ever longed to do. It just happened, and how is a story in itself. In 1991, I received an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University and moved to the north coast of California, where, after a lifetime of hating hot weather, I get to wear a sweater every day of my life."
Since moving to the "left" coast, Ginny has been president of the Mendocino Coast Audubon Society, president of the Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Assoc., and co-director of the annual Mendocino Coast Writers Conference. She also team-teaches a Natural History of the Mendocino Coast at College of the Redwoods with world-renown botanist, Teresa Sholars.
"I'm still on the Lighthouse board of directors and I manage their retail operation which includes volunteer coordination. It's a great job and it gets me out from in front of the computer and down to the sea to watch the Gray whales go by."
Ginny's first young adult novel, Dolphin Sky, was published by PenguinPutnam, Inc. in March of 1996. Her new novel, Hurt Go Happy, will be released by Tor Books in August 2006.
"Apparently, I'm a slow study. Eleven years to finish my college education and ten years between novels, but I'm getting the hang of it--I think. Since discovering that I write best when riding around on trains, my next novel, Girl Under Glass, is finished and with my agent."
Click To Read About Hurt Go Happy and Ginny's Next Reading
Ginny is a retired Pan Am flight attendant turned novelist and full-time volunteer. A poor student in high school, and a college drop-out, she finally recognized the importance of an education and returned to college at the ripe old age of 33. Attending classes during the week and flying trips to London on weekends, she finally graduated from the University of Miami--eight grueling years later--with a dual major in Biology and English.
"It was while I was at the U of M, that I first started writing. It was not something I'd ever longed to do. It just happened, and how is a story in itself. In 1991, I received an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University and moved to the north coast of California, where, after a lifetime of hating hot weather, I get to wear a sweater every day of my life."
Since moving to the "left" coast, Ginny has been president of the Mendocino Coast Audubon Society, president of the Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Assoc., and co-director of the annual Mendocino Coast Writers Conference. She also team-teaches a Natural History of the Mendocino Coast at College of the Redwoods with world-renown botanist, Teresa Sholars.
"I'm still on the Lighthouse board of directors and I manage their retail operation which includes volunteer coordination. It's a great job and it gets me out from in front of the computer and down to the sea to watch the Gray whales go by."
Ginny's first young adult novel, Dolphin Sky, was published by PenguinPutnam, Inc. in March of 1996. Her new novel, Hurt Go Happy, will be released by Tor Books in August 2006.
"Apparently, I'm a slow study. Eleven years to finish my college education and ten years between novels, but I'm getting the hang of it--I think. Since discovering that I write best when riding around on trains, my next novel, Girl Under Glass, is finished and with my agent."
Click To Read About Hurt Go Happy and Ginny's Next Reading
