Sara Ryan (born 1971) is an American writer and librarian living in

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Biography

Ryan was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she graduated from Pioneer High School in 1989. Her first novel, '' Empress of the World'', was published in 2001 and is an

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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. She also writes

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and is a member of the

Periscope Studio Helioscope is a comics and illustration studio based in Portland, Oregon. Members of the studio work both individually and as collaborators on a number of high-profile mainstream and independent comic books. These include '' Superman'', '' Batman' ...

. Together with Carla Speed McNeil, she released ''Bad Houses'' in 2013 from

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Ryan is a member of the faculty at the

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. Openly bisexual, she is married to the cartoonist

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Bibliography

Novels

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

Graphic novels and sequential art

* ''Me and Edith Head'' (art:

) in ''

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'' 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'' (, Dark Horse), 2003 * ''Flytrap'' (series) **
Flytrap – Episode One: Juggling Act
' (art: Steve Lieber), 2005 **

' (art:

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), 2007 **
Flytrap – Episode Three: Over the Wall
' (art:

), 2007 ** ''Flytrap – Episode Four: Performance Anxiety'' (art: Sarah Burrini), 2009 *
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), 2007 * ''Einbahnstrasse Waltz'' (art: Cat Ellis), 2007 * '' Bad Houses'' (art: Carla Speed McNeil), 2013

References

External links

Personal site
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