Dede Ryan

In 1974, armed with a degree in Journalism and a love of writing, Dede began professional life as a reporter on Capitol Hill. She held reporting and editorial positions at U.S. News & World Report and Business Publishers, Inc., for more than a decade. She was editor of two newsletters, American Marketplace and Public Transit Report; wrote a series of related monographs; and contributed feature stories to Mass Transit Magazine. In 1990, Dede moved to Boise, Idaho, and launched the trade newsletter: Extrapolate.

At the same time, she continued her fiction and essay writing, and was a regular contributor to Boise Magazine. She also wrote weekly restaurant reviews for the Boise Weekly. Currently, Dede writes feature articles for the quarterly publication, The Boise Journal, Boise Home, McCall Magazine, and McCall Home.

“Martini with a Twist,” a philosophical essay, was published in a collection of short stories edited by Paul Auster in association with National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. The 383-page volume (ISBN 0-8050-6714-0) was published August 2001 by Henry Holt and Company, New York.

Dede’s first book of fiction, “Takeover,” (OSBN 0-595-41459-1) was published by iUniverse in September 2007, and is available at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.

Other published titles:

“Martini with a Twist,” from I Thought My Father Was God, Paul Auster’s NPR collection of short stories, published August 2001, Henry Holt and Company

“Recipe for a Great Chef”, McCall Magazine, Summer/Fall 2008

“Interview with Rachel Gibson,” Boise Journal, Fall 2008

“Balance Your Holiday,” McCall Magazine, Winter/Spring 2009

“Botox Barbie®,” Boise Journal, March 2008

“Burgers to Relish,” McCall Home Magazine, Fall/Winter 2009

“The Odyssey of Juan Bean” (available on ineedcoffee.com with author photos and bio)

“Downtown Memories”

“Relishing Life”

“Smell the Coffee, and Wake Up, an Idiosyncratic Guide to Local Coffee Houses”

“Soy Schmoy! Fair Food Feeding Frenzy”

“Nuttier Than Fruitcake, Pastries of Christmas Past”

“The Maturing Marketplace,” Monograph, Business Publishers, Inc.

“Privatizing Mass Transit: An Overview of Policy and Practice,” Monograph,

Business Publishers, Inc.

“How to Get What You Want from the 1990 Census,” Table Rock Publishing