Patrick Earl Ryan

headshot is the author of If We Were Electric, a short story collection, winner of the 2019 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and published by University of Georgia Press.

He was born and raised in New Orleans, Lou­i­si­ana. His work has been printed in Ontario Review, Ple­ia­des, Best New Amer­i­can Voices, Men on Men: Best New Gay Fic­tion for the Mil­len­ni­um, James White Review, and Gertrude, among others. Founder and editor in chief of Lodestar Quarterly and former editor in chief of Fourteen Hills, Mr. Ryan has also taught martial arts phi­los­o­phy and tai chi chuan for many years. He lives in San Fran­cis­co, Cal­i­for­nia.

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