Nan Ryan

Nan Ryan began her writing career in 1981. She flirted with writing mysteries, but never finished any. Then, as fate would have it, she saw an article in Newsweek magazine entitled "From Bedroom to Boardroom." It was an interesting story on the women who were writing romance novels. Ryan was intrigued. She had never read a romance. She bought a couple, read them, and knew she'd found her calling. She sat down at her Smith Corona typewriter and began her own romance. The first one never left her house. It is buried deep in a trunk and Ryan says it will never be shown to anyone. Her second book sold and she's been writing since. Twenty-two romance novels later, she still enjoys writing and realizes she's been blessed to have found what she loves to do.