PARISH,
THE AUTHOR - JOHN BERNARD
RUANE
 John Bernard Ruane has authored two books, five stage productions, a short film, television pilot, and several newspaper and magazine articles.
“Parish the Thought, An Inspirational Memoir of Growing Up Catholic in the 1960s,” is Ruane’s second book. In this memoir, the author shares the evolution of his faith, raised in a hard-working Irish-Catholic family of five children in a blue-collar neighborhood of Chicago. He shares stories of his entry into a Catholic grammar school, experiences as an altar boy, tales of good and bad teachers, as well as the priests and nuns who affected the lives of so many impressionable young Catholics.
The book has enjoyed great success since being launched in June of 2007, receiving wonderful reviews from both critics and readers and the hardcover edition is nearly sold out. The success has gained the attention of a major publisher, Pocket Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, which will publish the paperback edition this fall.
In 1999, ECW Press published Ruane’s first book, The Earl Campbell Story, profiling the life of NFL Hall of Fame running back Earl Campbell and his battle with panic disorder.
Ruane has also written two stage plays and co-wrote three satirical plays, all produced in Chicago from 1985 to 1992. In 1988, he wrote and produced Comedy on Rye for the stage and followed with a five-minute film short, which won the Illinois FilmCam Award. In 1989, he wrote and produced a half-hour television show titled, Deckinger’s Place, which also won the Illinois FilmCam Award.
From 1980 through 1989, he wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times, working alongside heroes from his paperboy days, including Mike Royko, Ray Sons and Jerome Holtzman. His work has also appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and North Shore Magazine.
For the past 15 years, he has owned and operated a marketing communications company and coached youth sports, coaching basketball, baseball and fast-pitch softball.
He and wife Charlotte recently celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary. They have four children and reside in Roswell, Georgia. |
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