Sparkle Hayter

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Sparkle Vera Lynette Hayter (born January 1, 1958 in Pouce Coupe , British Columbia ) is a Canadian journalist, comedian and writer.

Life

Sparkle Hayter was born in Pouce Coupe but spent most of her childhood and adolescence in Edmonton , the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta . Her parents were also active as a writer and the isolation from their childish environment, which resulted in a speech impediment, led them to writing. She also developed a passion for ice hockey and joined the cheerleading group for the school's Edmonton Nets team while in high school . During this time she also met Mark Messier when he was younger than her.

After graduating from school, she continued her education at the University of Alberta . When she traveled to New York City during Spring Break in 1980 , she stayed there to continue her studies for convenience. Her decision was helped by the fact that she was able to set aside enough money as part of a sideline at Syncrude , a joint venture between Canadian Oil Sands . In 1986 she graduated from New York University with a degree in film and television production.

She came to television as part of an internship. In this branch she was u. a. for WABC in New York and for five years at CNN in Atlanta . a. with Christiane Amanpour became friends, and Global Television in Toronto operates. At the time of the Afghan Civil War , she moved to Pakistan and then went to Afghanistan with the Mujahedin to report for the Toronto Star . During a four-hour march through a minefield, she decided to give up journalism as a full-time job.

Upon her return to the United States, she married and began her career as a comedian and writer with her first novel What's A Girl Gotta Do . By the time it was published on Soho Press , it had received 37 rejections. She went to Tokyo for a short time . Back in New York, she got a divorce and moved to the famous Chelsea Hotel .

She then published another five novels. Her breakthrough came with the Robin Hudson series. She wrote for the New York Times Op-Ed page, Nation and The Toronto Globe and Mail, was a regular on CNN's talk show CNN & Company, and was featured on Good Day New York, NPR, CBC, BBC and Paris Premiere. Between the novels The Chelsea Girl Murders and Naked Brunch , more precisely: six weeks after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , she moved to Paris , where she lived for a few years.

Together with Stella Duffy and Lauren Henderson , she initiated the Tart Noir anthology and website around the turn of the millennium .

Awards

In 1995 she received the Arthur Ellis Award - Best First Crime Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada for her novel What's A Girl Gotta Do? ( German  little girls don't kill ).

Works

Robin Hudson series

  • 1994: What's a Girl Gotta Do. German: Little girls don't kill. Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-404-17126-8 .
  • 1996: Nice Girls Finish Last. German: Bad girls play differently. Goldmann, Munich 1997 ISBN 3-442-54013-5 .
  • 1997: Revenge of the Cootie Girls. dt .: The night of the wild girls. Manhattan, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-442-54033-X .
  • 1998: The Last Manly Man. German: Spice Boys - The men's conspiracy. Goldmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-442-54025-9 .
  • 2000: The Chelsea Girl Murders. German: Murder in the Chelsea Hotel. Translator Marieke Heimburger . Goldmann, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-442-54026-7 .
  • 2005: Last Girl standing.

Other novels

  • 2002: Naked Brunch
  • 2004: Bandit Queen Boogie

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Newton Love, Delphine Cingal: January Interview 2 Sparkle Hayter Finishes First. In: januarymagazine.com. July 1, 2002, accessed November 17, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c Q&Q Staff: Sparkle's revenge - Quill and Quire. In: quillandquire.com. May 13, 1997, accessed November 17, 2017 .
  3. ^ Sheila Weller: The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour-and the (Ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph of Women in TV News . Penguin, 2014, ISBN 978-1-59420-427-2 , pp. 136 ( full text / preview in Google book search).
  4. ^ Jan Christian Schmidt: Author information: Sparkle Hayter. In: kaliber38.de. February 3, 2004, accessed November 17, 2017 .
  5. ^ A b Maxim Jakubowski (Ed.): Paris Noir: Capital Crime Fiction . 1st edition. Serpent's Tail, 2008, ISBN 978-1-85242-966-9 , pp. 334 ( full text / preview in Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Hayter, Sparkle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hayter, Sparkle Vera Lynette (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian journalist, comedian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Pouce Coupe , British Columbia