Amie Ryan
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Amie Ryan is an American author whose essay collections examine American culture and are sometimes set against the backdrop of the 1970s and 1980s. She is known for her cleverness, wit, and immediately engaging style which makes readers feel she somehow already knows them. Often taking the role of amused spectator, Ryan frequently addresses the theme of how people communicate with each other. Amie Ryan first became known to the public when her essay The Seattle NO went viral in November of 2013 and captured the attention of over 240,000 readers in countries all over the world. In addition to her two essay collections, Green Shoes Mean I Love You and Starfish On Thursday, she is also the author of the Marilyn Monroe biography, Marilyn: Loved by You.
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Green Shoes Mean I Love You
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Essays/Memoirs
Green Shoes Mean I Love You is a 4 in 1: Essays, Memoirs, Short Fiction, and Poetry. Many of the essays, some dramatic, some funny, are set against a backdrop of a 1970s childhood and 1980s teen years, and explore the strange ways people communicate with each other. This book is available in paperback format only. 
Review excerpt: "AN ENJOYABLE AND THOUGHTFUL COLLECTION--I really enjoyed this book. There is a *lot* packed into this diverse collection of essays and poetry. I especially enjoyed the essays touching on schizophrenia, generation X, and the more personal ones about her mother. I read the entire book in a day, which is rare for me. The essays are lined up to flow nicely from one to the other, but I can easily see someone reading just a couple each day and being happy with that as well." |
Starfish On Thursday
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Essays/Memoirs
This book has been optioned for TV/Film by Fortitude International. Starfish On Thursday contains 23 essays about topical events in the U.S. including child beauty pageants, door to door cookie sales, gun control, etiquette, and relationships. This book is available in both paperback and digital format. 
GREAT BOOK & EXCELLENT FOR DISCUSSION GROUPS
“The author is not writing *to* readers; she is having discussions with them. The one thing I kept thinking as I read through was that the book would make a great Book Group selection for groups of friends. I have so many pages dog-eared in spots I want to share with friends that my copy is ruined! Another thing about the book is that it makes an awesome gift for a friend. I am thinking of getting copies for all my nieces and some of my girlfriends next time an occasion rolls around.” A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, NOSTALGIC AND THOUGHT PROVOKING “With ‘Starfish On Thursday’ Ryan has woven together a lovely collection of nostalgically themed essays, interspersed with the occasional satirical letter which had me trying not to laugh too loudly—for fear of waking up the household. Sometimes poignant, sometimes simply endearing—the stories are a must read for anyone who enjoys a dreamy trip down memory lane or even just a good ol’ yarn.” MORE FUNNY AND POIGNANT ESSAYS FROM AMIE RYAN “Yet more jewels from Amie Ryan. If you like David Sedaris, and autobiographical essays, these are wonderful portraits of growing up in the Pacific NW in the 1970s and 80s. I just want to read more and more of these.” |
Marilyn: Loved By You
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Biography
Marilyn: Loved By You, a biography of screen legend Marilyn Monroe, chronicles her childhood, career, romances, addiction, and early death, and also the laws and social standards of that era which were in the midst of great change. This book is available in both paperback and digital format. 
"Amie Ryan has done a wonderful job...Ryan's narrative voice is strong and clear, giving the reader the sense that you and she are having a conversation, rather than just having facts dictated as one would in a lesson. It's breathtaking, shocking at times...straightforward non-biased biography...Once you read this, you'll want to see all of her movies and live that era all again." -Goodreads Review
"The author's clear spare prose wonderfully brings to life this complex and glamorous figure. You gain not only an understanding of a life lived, but why, and how, and sharp insight into both her character and her times." -Amazon Review |
