Tonya Hurley is an American writer and director in film, television,
live performance, interactive media and the New York Times bestselling
author of the book series ghostgirl (Little, Brown and Company, 2008).
Precious Blood, the first book in "The Blessed" trilogy (Simon &
Schuster) was published in 2012, and "Passionaries" the second book
was released January 7, 2013. The Blessed audiobook is read by
Moonrise Kingdom star Kara Hayward. Her books are published in nearly
30 countries and in more than 20 languages.Hurley began her career as
a music publicist for such artists as Prince, George Michael, Depeche
Mode, The Cure, Bush, Erasure, Morrissey, The B-52’s, Paul
Westerberg, John Cale, The Three Tenors and Johnny Rotten among many
others.Her work includes Kiss My Brain (1997); The Biblical Real World
(1998); Solo-Me-O (1999), first broadcast on PBS in their documentary
series Reel New York; Baptism Of Solitude: A Tribute To Paul Bowles
(2000), Tribeca Film Festival selection which aired on the Independent
Film Channel, nominated for a Rockefeller Foundation Award in film and
is being distributed on a DVD through The United Nations; and Best
Friend (2001), which premiered at the 2002 Tribeca Film Festival and
Edinburgh Film Festival and was broadcast on Trio, and a
feature-length script, "Good Mourning" which made the semi-finals of
the Sundance Institute's Writer's Lab. She has written and directed
book trailers for her own books and co-wrote and co-directed two
stop-motion music videos for Erasure - Gaudete and Make It
Wonderful.Hurley was co-creator and co-producer of the sitcom So
Little Time (ABC Family) and the animated Mary-Kate and Ashley in
Action! (ABC) both starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. She was the
primary provider of original content for the mary-kateandashley
website and creator and co-executive producer of mary-kateandashley
brand video games for PlayStation 2 and Game Boy. She wrote, produced
and directed commercials for Warner Home video, PlayStation and Game
Boy and developed mary-kateandashley dolls and boardgames for Mattel.
live performance, interactive media and the New York Times bestselling
author of the book series ghostgirl (Little, Brown and Company, 2008).
Precious Blood, the first book in "The Blessed" trilogy (Simon &
Schuster) was published in 2012, and "Passionaries" the second book
was released January 7, 2013. The Blessed audiobook is read by
Moonrise Kingdom star Kara Hayward. Her books are published in nearly
30 countries and in more than 20 languages.Hurley began her career as
a music publicist for such artists as Prince, George Michael, Depeche
Mode, The Cure, Bush, Erasure, Morrissey, The B-52’s, Paul
Westerberg, John Cale, The Three Tenors and Johnny Rotten among many
others.Her work includes Kiss My Brain (1997); The Biblical Real World
(1998); Solo-Me-O (1999), first broadcast on PBS in their documentary
series Reel New York; Baptism Of Solitude: A Tribute To Paul Bowles
(2000), Tribeca Film Festival selection which aired on the Independent
Film Channel, nominated for a Rockefeller Foundation Award in film and
is being distributed on a DVD through The United Nations; and Best
Friend (2001), which premiered at the 2002 Tribeca Film Festival and
Edinburgh Film Festival and was broadcast on Trio, and a
feature-length script, "Good Mourning" which made the semi-finals of
the Sundance Institute's Writer's Lab. She has written and directed
book trailers for her own books and co-wrote and co-directed two
stop-motion music videos for Erasure - Gaudete and Make It
Wonderful.Hurley was co-creator and co-producer of the sitcom So
Little Time (ABC Family) and the animated Mary-Kate and Ashley in
Action! (ABC) both starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. She was the
primary provider of original content for the mary-kateandashley
website and creator and co-executive producer of mary-kateandashley
brand video games for PlayStation 2 and Game Boy. She wrote, produced
and directed commercials for Warner Home video, PlayStation and Game
Boy and developed mary-kateandashley dolls and boardgames for Mattel.
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