Sara Ryan
Appearance
Sara Ryan | |
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Born | 1971 United States |
Occupation | Librarian |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Ya |
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Sara Ryan (born 1971) is an American writer and librarian living in Oregon.
Biography
Ryan was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she graduated from Pioneer High School in 1989.[citation needed] Her 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] She also writes graphic novels and is a member of the Periscope Studio.
Openly bisexual,[2] she is married to the cartoonist Steve Lieber.[3]
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 Cricket 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.
- ^ Ryan, Sara, "FAQ", Empress of the World, retrieved October 30, 2007
- ^ "Spotlight on Sara Ryan", ALA: Young Adult Library Services Association, retrieved October 30, 2007
External links
Categories:
- 1971 births
- 21st-century American novelists
- American children's writers
- American women novelists
- Bisexual writers
- LGBT comics creators
- LGBT writers from the United States
- Living people
- Writers from Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Female comics writers
- Writers from Oregon
- American librarians
- Bisexual women
- LGBT novelists
- LGBT people from Michigan
- Women children's writers
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- 21st-century women writers
- American novelist, 1970s birth stubs