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Catherine Ryan Howard

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Catherine Ryan Howard was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1982. Prior to writing full-time, Catherine worked as a campsite courier in France and a front desk agent in Walt Disney World, Florida, and most recently was a social media marketer for a major publisher. She is currently studying for a BA in English at Trinity College Dublin.

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Catherine Ryan Howard In November 2011 the Guardian newspaper in the UK/Ireland had a cover story in their 'Weekend' magazine about a British woman who had disappeared from…moreIn November 2011 the Guardian newspaper in the UK/Ireland had a cover story in their 'Weekend' magazine about a British woman who had disappeared from a Disney cruise ship. My mother had read it and saved it for me because I used to work in Walt Disney World in Orlando and she thought the Disney connection would interest me. The story was tragic and unsettling - but what really struck me about the piece was that it mentioned something called the International Cruise Victims organisation, a U.S.-based lobby group. I'd never been on a cruise at that stage, but I had what I think are typical ideas about cruise holidays: sun, fun and endless buffets at sea. So what was this group about? Victims of what? And why were there so many of them that this group (clearly) needed to exist? I started researching cruise ship disappearances and maritime law, and what I discovered shocked me. Another part of my brain, the wannabe-crime-writer part of my brain, also thought, 'A cruise ship is the perfect place to get away with murder.' That's how the idea for DISTRESS SIGNALS was born.(less)

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This answer contains spoilers… (view spoiler)[ A number of readers have asked me to confirm the how the two storylines in DISTRESS SIGNALS (the present day with Adam vs the past with…more A number of readers have asked me to confirm the how the two storylines in DISTRESS SIGNALS (the present day with Adam vs the past with Corinne/Romain) are connected. They have their own theories and as I believe books belong to their readers, whatever they think is right! But when I was writing it, here's what *I* was thinking...

Adam's girlfriend goes missing and he traces her to a cruise ship - the Celebrate. He also finds a man - Peter - whose wife Estelle went missing in very similar circumstances almost exactly a year ago. ***SPOILER*** Peter tells Adam his theory of what happened to them: that they were murdered by a serial killer who's discovered that a cruise ship is the perfect hunting ground. ***EVEN BIGGER SPOILER*** His basis for this is that a third woman, a crew member called Sanne, died in suspicious circumstances on one of the ship's earliest voyages. Romain's storyline leads up to Sanne's death - explaining how he came to be the way he is, and how and why he killed Sanne. ***MASSIVE SPOILER NOW*** But of course, Peter really only has two women who fit his theory: Sanne and Estelle. And so, without Sanne - and that alternate storyline - Peter would have no serial killer theory at all. In fact, it's Sanne's death that started this entire tragedy. Without her, Peter might never have got it in his head that Estelle was murdered and he might never have taken such drastic action to ***REALLY, THIS IS ABOUT TO RUIN THE ENDING FOR YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT, SERIOUSLY GUYS*** bring the FBI, the experts in serial killing, to the ship. The really sad thing is that Romain was dead before Estelle even disappeared, and readers who got to THE END will know where Estelle went. So there was no need for this tragedy to happen, no reason for Adam to suffer and absolutely no reason for Sarah ****SERIOUSLY, SPOILERS!!!**** die.

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	Backpacked: A Reluctant Trip Across Central America 3.67 avg rating — 684 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mousetrapped 3.55 avg rating — 695 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Distress Signals 3.93 avg rating — 1,002 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Results Not Typical 3.45 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Self-Printed: The Sane Person's Guide to Self-Publishing: How to Use Digital Self-Publishing, Social Media and Common Sense to Start Earning A Living ... or Shouting 'Down With The Big Six!') 4.55 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Mousetrapped: A Little Bit More From That Year and A Bit 3.45 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Catherine, Caffeinated: Caffeine-Infused Self-Publishing Advice 3.81 avg rating — 27 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mousetrapped and Backpacked Too 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Extra Guest (Travelled #1) 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Self-Printed (3rd Ed.): The Sane Person's Guide to Self-Publishing 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Recently I was asked to write a sort of factsheet that would act as a starting point for Irish writers considering self-publishing their work. It was a really interesting experience for me because since I signed a traditional deal back in 2015 – Distress Signals was published in May of last year and my second thriller, The Liar’s Girl, will be out next March – I haven’t really spent too much ti...

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Opening of BACKPACKED: A Reluctant Trip Across Central America (Select)

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Description: The prologue of my new travel memoir, BACKPACKED. A flash-forward to half-way through my trip and the middle of a night in the dusty, hot town of Choluteca, Honduras, I wonder how it is that I, the most reluctant backpacker ever, ended up here...

Chapter One of Mousetrapped: A Year and A Bit in Orlando, Florida (Travel)

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Description: The story of how I came to be working in Walt Disney World is actually all Stephen King's fault. Yes, THAT Stephen King. No, really. Well, him and the Ebola virus. It's a long story...

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“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”
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