Garry Ryan

Garry Ryan

Garry Ryan taught for a little over thirty years in Calgary Public Schools. In 2004, he published his first Detective Lane novel, Queen’s Park. The second, The Lucky Elephant Restaurant, won a 2007 Lambda Literary Award. Other books in the series include A Hummingbird Dance, Smoked, and Malabarista. In 2009, Ryan was awarded Calgary’s Freedom of Expression Award. Blackbirds, the first novel in his new series, became available in the fall of 2012.

For more information on Garry Ryan and the Detective Lane Series, visit www.garryryan.ca.