Catherine Ryan Hyde is a critically acclaimed novelist and award-winning short story writer. She is the author of forty published stories, the story collection "Earthquake Weather" and the novels "Funerals for Horses," the bestseller "Pay it Forward" and the new "Electric God." Pay It Forward was adapted into a major Warner Brothers feature film starring Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment ("The Sixth Sense") and Jon Bon Jovi. Also forthcoming from Simon & Schuster are the novel "Walter's Purple Heart" and a second collection, "Subway Dancer and Other Stories."

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Please be aware that Pay It Forward the book and Pay It Forward the movie are completely separate entities in all business and creative regards. Movie rights to the book were sold with no provision for control to the author, and the author receives no ongoing portion of its proceeds. All changes to the work during the adaptation, casting and production of the film were made without the consultation or approval of the author, Catherine Ryan Hyde. Please direct any questions or comments about the film to Warner Brothers/Bel Air Entertainment.

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