{"history":[],"article":{"id":"76c5d0ce-7b8c-4d46-b023-db560f6f91c4","title":"C. D. Payne","slug":"c-d-payne","content":":::summary\n**Name:** C. D. Payne \n**Birth Name:** C. Douglas Payne \n**Birth Date:** July 5, 1949 \n**Birth Place:** [Akron, Ohio](https://bliptext.com/articles/akron-ohio), U.S. \n**Occupation:** Author · playwright · portable museum curator \n**Genre:** [Absurdist fiction](https://bliptext.com/articles/absurdist-fiction), humor, plays \n**Notable Works:** [Youth in Revolt](https://bliptext.com/articles/youth-in-revolt) (1993) \n**Website:** http://www.nicktwisp.com \n:::\n\n# \n**C. D. Payne** (born **C. Douglas Payne**; July 5, 1949) is an American writer of [absurdist fiction](https://bliptext.com/articles/absurdist-fiction) who is best known for his series of novels about fictional teenager Nick Twisp.\nThey are called the \"Youth in Revolt\" series or \"The Journals of Nick Twisp.\"\nIn the novels the protagonist, Nick, strives to balance out his budding sexual urges while remaining an intellectual teenager in a world of moronic adults.\nAlong with the \"Youth\" series he is the author of several other novels including [Frisco Pigeon Mambo](https://bliptext.com/articles/frisco-pigeon-mambo) and Civic Beauties, a parody of politics in the United States, which follows the lives of teenage twin girls whose father is campaigning to be Vice President.\nHe has also published a play titled, Queen of America: A Royal Comedy in Three Acts.\nFrisco Pigeon Mambo was bought by Fox Animation, but was never made into a film.\n[Youth in Revolt](https://bliptext.com/articles/youth-in-revolt-film) was developed and distributed by [Dimension Films](https://bliptext.com/articles/dimension-films) in January 2010.\n\n# Personal life\nPayne was born in [Akron, Ohio](https://bliptext.com/articles/akron-ohio), in 1949, and graduated from [Harvard College](https://bliptext.com/articles/harvard-law-school) in 1971.\nHe then moved to California and lived in a trailer in Santa Monica.\nHe has worked as a newspaper editor, cartoonist, typesetter, graphic artist, proofreader, photographer, advertising copywriter, trailer park handyman, and carpenter.\nMany of his recent novels and stories are set in the 1950s.\nHe is married and lives with his pet in [Sonoma County](https://bliptext.com/articles/sonoma-county), California.\nPayne is an avid collector of campers, mobile homes, and trailers.\nHis most prized possession is a 1964 [Airstream](https://bliptext.com/articles/airstream) trailer.\n\n# Selected bibliography\n\n## Nick Twisp series\n

Revolting Youth: The Further Journals of Nick Twisp (a.k.a. Book 4: Revolting Youth) (Aivia Press, 2000: ISBN 1-882647-15-7)\n
Young and Revolting: The Continental Journals of Nick Twisp (a.k.a. Book 5: Young and Revolting) (Infinity Publishing, 2006: ISBN 0-7414-3417-2)\n
Revoltingly Young: The Journals of Nick Twisp's Younger Brother (a.k.a. Book 6: Revoltingly Young) (Infinity Publishing, 2006: ISBN 0-7414-3416-4)\n
Son of Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Scott Twisp (a.k.a. Book 7: Son of Youth in Revolt) (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012: ISBN 1466436085)\n
Revolt at the Beach: More Twisp Family Chronicles (a.k.a. Book 8: Youth in Venice) (Aivia Press, 2015: ISBN 1882647068)\n
Licensed To Revolt: The Journals of Twisps on the Move (a.k.a. Book 9: Licensed To Revolt) (Aivia Press, 2018: ISBN 9781882647309)\n
Revolting Obsessions (Aivia Press, 2019)\n
Revolting Relations (Aivia Press, 2019)\n
Revolting Times (Aivia Press, 2020)\n
Revolting Narcissists (Aivia Press, 2021)\n
Wealth Through Leisure (Aivia Press, 2022)\n

\n\n## Other books\n\n## Plays\n\n## Television and film","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-25T17:58:30.955Z","updated_at":"2025-01-25T17:58:30.955Z","search_vector":"'c':1 'd':2 'payn':3","search_content":" \n**Name:** C. D. Payne \n**Birth Name:** C. Douglas Payne \n**Birth Date:** July 5, 1949 \n**Birth Place:** [Akron, Ohio](https://bliptext.com/articles/akron-ohio), U.S. \n**Occupation:** Author · playwright · portable museum curator \n**Genre:** [Absurdist fiction](https://bliptext.com/articles/absurdist-fiction), humor, plays \n**Notable Works:** [Youth in Revolt](https://bliptext.com/articles/youth-in-revolt) (1993) \n**Website:** http://www.nicktwisp.com \n \n\n# \n**C. D. Payne** (born **C. Douglas Payne**; July 5, 1949) is an American writer of [absurdist fiction](https://bliptext.com/articles/absurdist-fiction) who is best known for his series of novels about fictional teenager Nick Twisp.\nThey are called the \"Youth in Revolt\" series or \"The Journals of Nick Twisp.\"\nIn the novels the protagonist, Nick, strives to balance out his budding sexual urges while remaining an intellectual teenager in a world of moronic adults.\nAlong with the \"Youth\" series he is the author of several other novels including [Frisco Pigeon Mambo](https://bliptext.com/articles/frisco-pigeon-mambo) and Civic Beauties, a parody of politics in the United States, which follows the lives of teenage twin girls whose father is campaigning to be Vice President.\nHe has also published a play titled, Queen of America: A Royal Comedy in Three Acts.\nFrisco Pigeon Mambo was bought by Fox Animation, but was never made into a film.\n[Youth in Revolt](https://bliptext.com/articles/youth-in-revolt-film) was developed and distributed by [Dimension Films](https://bliptext.com/articles/dimension-films) in January 2010.\n\n# Personal life\nPayne was born in [Akron, Ohio](https://bliptext.com/articles/akron-ohio), in 1949, and graduated from [Harvard College](https://bliptext.com/articles/harvard-law-school) in 1971.\nHe then moved to California and lived in a trailer in Santa Monica.\nHe has worked as a newspaper editor, cartoonist, typesetter, graphic artist, proofreader, photographer, advertising copywriter, trailer park handyman, and carpenter.\nMany of his recent novels and stories are set in the 1950s.\nHe is married and lives with his pet in [Sonoma County](https://bliptext.com/articles/sonoma-county), California.\nPayne is an avid collector of campers, mobile homes, and trailers.\nHis most prized possession is a 1964 [Airstream](https://bliptext.com/articles/airstream) trailer.\n\n# Selected bibliography\n\n## Nick Twisp series\n \n Revolting Youth: The Further Journals of Nick Twisp (a.k.a. Book 4: Revolting Youth) (Aivia Press, 2000: ISBN 1-882647-15-7)\n Young and Revolting: The Continental Journals of Nick Twisp (a.k.a. Book 5: Young and Revolting) (Infinity Publishing, 2006: ISBN 0-7414-3417-2)\n Revoltingly Young: The Journals of Nick Twisp's Younger Brother (a.k.a. Book 6: Revoltingly Young) (Infinity Publishing, 2006: ISBN 0-7414-3416-4)\n Son of Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Scott Twisp (a.k.a. Book 7: Son of Youth in Revolt) (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012: ISBN 1466436085)\n Revolt at the Beach: More Twisp Family Chronicles (a.k.a. Book 8: Youth in Venice) (Aivia Press, 2015: ISBN 1882647068)\n Licensed To Revolt: The Journals of Twisps on the Move (a.k.a. Book 9: Licensed To Revolt) (Aivia Press, 2018: ISBN 9781882647309)\n Revolting Obsessions (Aivia Press, 2019)\n Revolting Relations (Aivia Press, 2019)\n Revolting Times (Aivia Press, 2020)\n Revolting Narcissists (Aivia Press, 2021)\n Wealth Through Leisure (Aivia Press, 2022)\n \n\n## Other books\n\n## Plays\n\n## Television and film","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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