Sara Ryan

American writer

Author
librarian
lecturer

LanguageEnglishGenreYoung AdultNotable awardsLeslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult LiteraturePartnerSteve LieberWebsitewww.sararyan.com

Sara Ryan (born November 13, 1971) is an American writer and librarian living in Portland, Oregon.

Biography

Ryan was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they graduated from Pioneer High School in 1989.^{[citation needed]} Their first novel, Empress of the World, was published in 2001 and is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. A sequel, The Rules for Hearts, was published in 2007 and won the 2008 Oregon Book Award for Young Adult Literature.^[1] Ryan also writes graphic novels. Together with Carla Speed McNeil, they released Bad Houses in 2013 from Dark Horse Comics.^[2]

Ryan is a member of the faculty at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.^[3]

Ryan is openly bisexual,^[4] they are married to the cartoonist Steve Lieber.^[5]

Bibliography

Novels

Empress of the World (2001)
The Rules for Hearts (2007)

Graphic novels and sequential art

Me and Edith Head (art: Steve Lieber) in Cicada v.4 no. 1 (Carus Publishing), 2002
- Nominated for a 2002 Eisner Award for Best Short Story
- reprinted as a standalone, self-published volume, 2002
"Family Story" (art: Steve Lieber and Jeff Parker) in Hellboy: Weird Tales #3, 2003
- Collected in Hellboy: Weird Tales 1 (ISBN 1-56971-622-6, Dark Horse), 2003
Flytrap (series)
- Flytrap – Episode One: Juggling Act (art: Steve Lieber), 2005
- Flytrap – Episode Two: Deep, too (art: Ron Chan), 2007
- Flytrap – Episode Three: Over the Wall (art: Ron Chan), 2007
- Flytrap – Episode Four: Performance Anxiety (art: Sarah Burrini), 2009
Click (art: Dylan Meconis), 2007
Einbahnstrasse Waltz (art: Cat Ellis), 2007
Bad Houses (art: Carla Speed McNeil), 2013

References

^ "Oregon Book Awards – Past Finalists". Retrieved May 1, 2013.
^ "About". Carla Speed McNeil. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
^ "Sara Ryan". Vermont College of Fine Arts. February 21, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
^ Ryan, Sara, "FAQ", Empress of the World, archived from the original on October 17, 2007, retrieved October 30, 2007
^ "Spotlight on Sara Ryan", ALA: Young Adult Library Services Association, archived from the original on April 26, 2008, retrieved October 30, 2007