Welcome to Darlene Ryan's Author Page

  I've been writing since I figured out that letters made words and words made stories. So of course my first degree was in...Biology. After working for a year and not as a biologist by the way, I went back to university for a degree in...Education. Although I'm endlessly fascinated by theories on the origin of the universe, and kids are my favorite audience to read to, I wasn't cut out to be a scientist or a teacher.

     I spent a lot of years working in radio, something I loved. I've been a late-night disk jockey, a producer, an entertainment columnist, a consumer reporter, a news reader and a copywriter. One way or another I was always writing. I actually learned a lot from writing commercials--which some people say isn't very different from writing fiction. I learned how to write when I was bored, when I was tired, and when I had nothing to say. I learned how to write fast. My spelling got a little better. My handwriting got worse.

     I've done everything from writing commercials to cleaning motel rooms to teaching the absolutely terrified how to swim and being a writer is harder than all of them and a lot more fun.  Please drop by my website for a look around. www.darleneryan.com