Kate Ruland Thorne, American writer, publisher, editor. Founder, president, Arizona Indian Living Treasures, 1990-1991; founding member, secretary Western American Week, 1990-1994. Member Arizona Small Public Association (founding member), Sedona History Society (president).
Background
Ethnicity:
Father 2nd generation Norwegian - Mother German, Scottish
Thorne, Kate Ruland was born on December 15, 1937 in Del Norte, Colorado, United States. Daughter of Joseph Lydian Norman and Avis Frances Kiemsteadt.
Education
Bachelor, Southern Methodist University, 1976.
Career
Speech pathologist Shady Brook School, Dallas, 1960-1961, Hillside Rehabilitation, Grand Junction, Colorado, 1962-1972. Public Thorne Enterprises Public Inc., Sedona, Arizona, since 1989. Editor, public Thorne/Swiftwind Public, since 1993.
Owner Sedona Books and Music, Arizona, since 1998. Hostess television show Celebrity Spotlight, Geronimo Cable, since 1998. Lecturer in field.
Author: Lion of Redstone, 1980, Experience Sedona: Legends and Legacies, 1990. (screenplay) Blood Oath. Author, editor: Experience Jerome and the Verde Valley: Legends and Legacies, 1992, The Yavapai: People of the Red Rocks, 1993, The Legacy of Sedona Schnebly, 1994, Upon This Rock, 1995, The Butcherbirds, 1996.Editor, columnist Sedona Magazine, 1986-1987. Columnist Art Talk, Directions Magazine. Contributor numerous articles to magazines and newspapers.1st woman editor Sedona Red Rock News, 1987-1988.
Membership
Founder, president, Arizona Indian Living Treasures, 1990-1991. Founding member, secretary Western American Week, 1990-1994. Member Arizona Small Public Association (founding member), Sedona History Society (president).
Interests
Reading, hiking, swimming, travel.
Connections
Married Edwin G. Ruland, August 20, 1960 (divorced 1984). Children: Gregory, Jeanie, Rebecca. Married V. Keith Thorne, Sedona, Arizona 1986 - retired dentist and artist, died 2004 in Grand Junction