C.D. Payne is an American author of absurdist fiction who is best known for his series of novels about fictional teenager Nick Twisp. They are called the "Youth in Revolt" series and are:

• Youth in Revolt: the Journals of Nick Twisp
• the Missing Chapters of Youth in Revolt
• the Further Journals of Nick Twisp
• The Continental Journals of Nick Twisp
• The Journals of Nick Twisp's Younger Brother

In the novels the protagonist, Nick, strives to balance out his budding sexual urges while remaining an intellectual teenager in a world of moronic adults.

Along with the "Youth" series he is the author of several other novels including Frisco Pigeon Mambo and Civic Beauties a parody of beauty pageants which was the basis for the film Drop Dead Gorgeous.

External links

• Official Website

Absurdist fiction | American novelists | Year of birth missing | Living people