Cyra McFadden

Cyra McFadden (December 2, 1937 – April 20, 2024 ) was an American author. She was a college English teacher, a freelance journalist and a newspaper columnist.

McFadden spent much of her childhood traveling with her parents on the rodeo circuit and living in Missoula, Montana.

McFadden attended Missoula County High School, while working at the Missoulian. She earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in English literature at San Francisco State University, and taught in the English department from 1972 to 1977.

McFadden was a Kappa Kappa Gamma Beta Phi alumna of University of Montana.

In 1975-1976, for 52 weeks. Cyra McFadden, a Mill Valley resident, wrote, and Pacific Sun published, a chapter of The Serial, a satire about the trendy lifestyles of the affluent residents in Marin County, California, just north of San Francisco.

The book was made into a 1980 movie called Serial, starring Tuesday Weld and Martin Mull.

In 1986, McFadden wrote a memoir entitled Rain or Shine: A Family Memoir, in which she described her childhood growing up as the daughter of James C. "Cy" Taillon, a well-known rodeo announcer.

Works The Serial (1977) New York: Alfred A. Knopf Rain or Shine: A Family Memoir. (1986) New York: Alfred A. Knopf.