Sara Ryan

Profile

Sara Ryan (they/them) is the author of the graphic novel Bad Houses with art by Carla Speed McNeil, young adult novels The Rules for Hearts and Empress of the World, a forthcoming middle-grade novel, Mountain Upside Down, and various comics, short stories, and essays.

Sara has spoken and taught in numerous venues: high schools and universities; public and school libraries; conferences including the Lambda Literary Foundation Emerging LGBTQ Voices Retreat, the American Library Association, Public Library Association, Sirens, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators; master class instructor for Writing The Other; guest instructor at The Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark; and comic conventions including Comicon International and Wondercon. Sara grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan and now lives in Portland, Oregon.