Background
Corydon was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to Ellen Rousing and Christian Thomsen Corydon.
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Corydon attended the Ellerslie School and Penrose High School, now known as One Tree Hill College, where he studied English Literature, the French language, and Arts.
Career
Corydon"s is the author of the biography L. Ron Hubbard, Messiah or Madman? first published in 1987. Corydon also restored and runs the Young Men’s Christian Association Building, a historic building in Riverside, California. The family lived in Århus, Denmark before moving to New Zealand.
Corydon"s early authorship began in New Zealand.
He started work at the South Auckland Courier at 20 as a photojournalist. He worked there for three years.
His work there included covering the formation of the city of Mangere. The building became the single largest Mission of the Church.
The Young Men’s Christian Association Building has been extensively remodeled by Cordyon, and is owned by the Life Arts Center, a California for profit corporation, with Corydon as president
The facilities include halls available for rent, artists" studios, a gym, and a museum. Corydon"s biography of L. Ron Hubbard in collaboration from Hubbard"s son, Ronald DeWolf, was first published in 1987. DeWolf also sued the publisher to prevent the publication of the book, claiming the book misrepresented his statements and the publisher had failed to pay him under its agreement.
A revised edition was printed in 1992 and 1995 by Stuart"s company Barricade Books without crediting DeWolf"s authorship.
