Caroline Ryder (born November 12, 1980) is a writer based in Los Angeles, California, known for her work with LA Weekly, Dazed magazine and the Los Angeles Times and for co-authoring Dirty Rocker Boys,[1] named among the "50 greatest rock memoirs of all time" by Rolling Stone magazine.
[2] Born to an Irish father and a Brazilian mother in Madrid, Spain, she was raised in London, England, and educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls in Elstree.
She graduated from the London School of Economics and worked at MTV Europe and Warner Music before moving to Los Angeles in 2005.
After meeting street artist Shepard Fairey at a nightclub in Hollywood, she became an editor for his magazine Swindle, interviewing members of the IRA for a cover article[3] on pro-terrorism murals, as well as Black Panther Bobby Seale, actress Pam Grier, porn publisher Larry Flynt, singer Nancy Sinatra and filmmaker Larry Clark.
[14] Her feature script Mimi and Ulrich, written under the mentorship of Mary Sweeney and Udo Kier, was shortlisted for the 2015 Sundance Screenwriting Lab.