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]

Career[edit]

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]

Plays[edit]

  • 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]

  1. ^ Binford, Harry. "Krotona Programs – Theosophical Society in America". theosophical.org. Retrieved November 1, 2015.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Catherine Ann Jones' pandemic prescription: 'Heal Your Self with Writing'". Ohai Valley News. January 22, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "Back in her spiritual home". The Hindu. July 19, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  4. ^ "Raja Rao" (obituary). The Telegraph. July 18, 2006. Retrieved July 2, 2017.

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