Catherine Ann Jones
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Catherine Ann Jones (Katherine Rao) is an American dramatist and playwright as well as an actor and short story writer.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
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Career[edit]
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Awards[edit]
Jones's 2013 book, Heal Your Self with Writing, won the Nautilus Book Award in 2014.[2]
Personal life[edit]
When Jones was 19 she met the East Indian writer and novelist Raja Rao who was lecturing on Indian philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin.[3] They were married in Paris in 1965 and had one son. The twenty-year marriage ended in divorce in 1986.[4]
Works[edit]
Books[edit]
- The Way of Story the Craft and Soul of Writing. Prasana Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-9765352-0-1.
- Heal Your Self with Writing. Divine Arts. 2013. ISBN 978-1-61125-016-9.
- Freud's Oracle: A Play Based on the Life of H. D. Prasana Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0-9765352-1-8.
- Buddha and the Dancing Girl: A Creative Life. Prasana Press. 2020. ISBN 978-0-9765352-4-9.
- True Fables: Stories from Childhood. Prasana Press. 2020. ISBN 978-0-9765352-3-2.
- East & West: Stories of India. Pippa Rann Books & Media. 2024. ISBN 978-1-913738-88-4.
Television[edit]
- 1976: Great Performances: "The Patriots" [S3.E28] – actress: Patsy Jefferson).
- 1988: The Christmas Wife (TV film) – writer and producer.
- 1996: Touched by an Angel: "A Joyful Noise" [S3.E2] – writer.
- 1996: Unlikely Angel (TV film) – writer.
Plays[edit]
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- Freud’s Oracle
- Calamity Jane
- Calamity Jane the Musical (Best Production 2015)
- The Women of Cedar Creek (NY Drama League Award, Beverly Hills Th. Guild Award)
- The Myth of Annie Beckman
- On the Edge: The Final Years of Virginia Woolf (NEA Award)
- Somewhere-in-Between
- Difficult Friends
- The Hill
- The Friend
- A Fairytale for Adults
- Always a Tomorrow
References[edit]
- ^ Binford, Harry. "Krotona Programs – Theosophical Society in America". theosophical.org. Retrieved November 1, 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Catherine Ann Jones' pandemic prescription: 'Heal Your Self with Writing'". Ohai Valley News. January 22, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "Back in her spiritual home". The Hindu. July 19, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ "Raja Rao" (obituary). The Telegraph. July 18, 2006. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
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Categories:
- Living people
- 20th-century American actresses
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century American women writers
- American stage actresses
- American television writers
- American women dramatists and playwrights
- American women screenwriters
- American women television writers
- Screenwriters from California