Ryne Douglas Pearson

Ryne Douglas Pearson
Born	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Author screenwriter
Period	1993–present
YouTube information
Channel	Cooking With Ry
Years active	2017–present
Genres	Cooking Vlog
Subscribers	242 thousand
Views	38 million
Last updated: 21 October 2025

Ryne Douglas Pearson is an American author. He is best known for his Art Jefferson novel series, including Simple Simon, which adapted to the 1998 film Mercury Rising starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin. He also co-wrote the screenplay and story of the 2009 film Knowing starring Nicolas Cage.

His YouTube channel "Cooking With Ry" focuses on outdoor cooking, grilling, and barbecue.

Works

Novels

• Art Jefferson series:

1. Cloudburst, AKA Thunder One (1993)
2. October's Ghost (1995)
3. Capitol Punishment (1995)
4. Simple Simon (1996)
5. Simon Sees (2018)

• Top Ten (1999)
• Confessions (2010)
• All for One (2010)
• The Donzerly Light (2010)
• District One series:

1. Cop Killer (2013)

Short story collections

• Dark and Darker (2010). Contains 4 short stories:
  • "Beholder"
  • "Creation"
  • "The Key"
  • "Shark"

Short stories

Uncollected short stories.

• "Get A Good Tree Or Die Trying" (2011)

Nonfiction

• Do Not Call... or Else (2013)

Films

• Mercury Rising (1998), based on the 1996 novel Simple Simon
• Knowing (2009), screenplay, story, co-producer

External links

• Official website
• Ryne Douglas Pearson at IMDb
• Ryne Douglas Pearson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database