Chris Ryan

Christopher P. Ryan was born on March 6th/1964, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. He grew up in Bay Bulls, one of the oldest fishing communities in the Province. His family operated Ryan's Funeral Home, serving the Southern Shore from January 1969 to January 2024. Chris dropped out of high school in grade seven, after failing this grade twice. In 2001, he was diagnosed as being Bipolar, along with severe ADHD. He has been a voracious reader since his preteens and started writing in 2013, releasing his first book in November 2014. Since 2021, he has self-published seven novels. He has trained in Traditional Shotokan Karate on and off since 1985 and holds a third-degree Black Belt. A serious birder, having seen 360 species of birds in his Province. He was awarded the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers in August 2019, for his years of service on the board of directors of the East Coast Trail Association.