Sara Ryan
@ryansara.bsky.social
Queer author of books & comics for teens & others. They/them. Authors Against Book Bans member. VCFA WCYA faculty. Represented by Michael Bourret. Not here much.
Spinch approves of kind words from @thehornbook.bsky.social, @publisherswkly.bsky.social, and Kirkus about MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN.
![Over an upside-down mountain graphic: "[An] endearingly thoughtful middle grade debut...a tidy and satisfying tale." -- Publishers Weekly](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wpijw6kxepw3fyuci4627i7f/bafkreialdr3vb3n3mvhto4ky6o23oqwrbsiyg346e5tapr5yuhto7y2pha@jpeg)
May 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Spinch approves of kind words from @thehornbook.bsky.social, @publisherswkly.bsky.social, and Kirkus about MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN.
Latest research reading: BETTER ANGEL by Richard Meeker, a 1933 gay coming of age novel. Yes, really. Glad to have gotten hold of a used paperback of the 1987 Alyson Publications reissue.
February 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Latest research reading: BETTER ANGEL by Richard Meeker, a 1933 gay coming of age novel. Yes, really. Glad to have gotten hold of a used paperback of the 1987 Alyson Publications reissue.
PDX-area friends, join me on Sunday 2/23 at 2 pm at A Children's Place Bookstore for a reading and Q&A about my new queer middle-grade novel, MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN! There will be chocolate cherry cordials, for reasons.
February 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
PDX-area friends, join me on Sunday 2/23 at 2 pm at A Children's Place Bookstore for a reading and Q&A about my new queer middle-grade novel, MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN! There will be chocolate cherry cordials, for reasons.
My middle-grade debut MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN is out today! Some parts are funny. Some parts are sad. A critique partner asked on seeing early pages; “Is EVERYONE in this book gay?” Mostly, yes.
Of course, I'm very much feeling this meme...
Of course, I'm very much feeling this meme...
February 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
My middle-grade debut MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN is out today! Some parts are funny. Some parts are sad. A critique partner asked on seeing early pages; “Is EVERYONE in this book gay?” Mostly, yes.
Of course, I'm very much feeling this meme...
Of course, I'm very much feeling this meme...
Settling in for a writing session at a new-to-me spot that reminds me of old(er) Portland, grateful for spaces like this.
February 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Settling in for a writing session at a new-to-me spot that reminds me of old(er) Portland, grateful for spaces like this.
I made this lentil soup! From a recipe I hadn't tried before, and it came out really well. I've also been loving reading the kind of cookbooks that incorporate narrative, like Laurie Colwin, MFK Fisher, etc.
February 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I made this lentil soup! From a recipe I hadn't tried before, and it came out really well. I've also been loving reading the kind of cookbooks that incorporate narrative, like Laurie Colwin, MFK Fisher, etc.
This weekend #ReadFreely with @authorsabb.bsky.social & your local indie bookstore! I picked up AMERICAN TEENAGER: how trans kids are surviving hate and finding joy in a turbulent era, by Nico Lang, and UNSUITABLE: a history of lesbian fashion, by Eleanor Medhurst.
January 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This weekend #ReadFreely with @authorsabb.bsky.social & your local indie bookstore! I picked up AMERICAN TEENAGER: how trans kids are surviving hate and finding joy in a turbulent era, by Nico Lang, and UNSUITABLE: a history of lesbian fashion, by Eleanor Medhurst.
when you realize your assorted stuffed creatures look like an adventuring party and/or gang
December 18, 2024 at 11:25 PM
when you realize your assorted stuffed creatures look like an adventuring party and/or gang
Oh absolutely. One seasonally-appropriate case in point: Susan Cooper's THE DARK IS RISING with this Alan Cober cover:
December 14, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Oh absolutely. One seasonally-appropriate case in point: Susan Cooper's THE DARK IS RISING with this Alan Cober cover:
So pleased and honored to see MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN in this post alongside titles I'm also eagerly anticipating!
December 3, 2024 at 3:04 PM
So pleased and honored to see MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN in this post alongside titles I'm also eagerly anticipating!
As I said inanely after a long travel day, it's unfortunate that the east coast is so far from the west coast. So glad to have seen assorted east coast & adjacent friends, also so glad to be home.
November 29, 2024 at 3:52 PM
As I said inanely after a long travel day, it's unfortunate that the east coast is so far from the west coast. So glad to have seen assorted east coast & adjacent friends, also so glad to be home.
Current status: one of maybe four people masking in this airport; snifflers & coughers nearby, sigh.
...but on the plus side, I'm en route to NCTE! Looking forward to seeing old friends & meeting new ones.
...but on the plus side, I'm en route to NCTE! Looking forward to seeing old friends & meeting new ones.
November 20, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Current status: one of maybe four people masking in this airport; snifflers & coughers nearby, sigh.
...but on the plus side, I'm en route to NCTE! Looking forward to seeing old friends & meeting new ones.
...but on the plus side, I'm en route to NCTE! Looking forward to seeing old friends & meeting new ones.
sometimes you have to make a pillow with a print that looks like your cat
November 14, 2024 at 3:52 AM
sometimes you have to make a pillow with a print that looks like your cat
Briefly breaking my indefinite socials hiatus! I'm very excited and proud!
February 17, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Briefly breaking my indefinite socials hiatus! I'm very excited and proud!
Just finished @caseyplett.bsky.social's terrific essay ON COMMUNITY, which has made me think a lot about communities I'm in and what I value about them, as well as what's hard and fraught. I anticipate rereading it multiple times–and recommending it, of course, like I'm doing right now.
October 28, 2023 at 3:32 PM
Just finished @caseyplett.bsky.social's terrific essay ON COMMUNITY, which has made me think a lot about communities I'm in and what I value about them, as well as what's hard and fraught. I anticipate rereading it multiple times–and recommending it, of course, like I'm doing right now.
Covid-boosted and somewhat poleaxed, but obviously obviously worth it.
Unrelated, en route I saw this discarded picture frame, broken glass over wet leaves & grass.
Unrelated, en route I saw this discarded picture frame, broken glass over wet leaves & grass.
September 29, 2023 at 9:37 PM
Covid-boosted and somewhat poleaxed, but obviously obviously worth it.
Unrelated, en route I saw this discarded picture frame, broken glass over wet leaves & grass.
Unrelated, en route I saw this discarded picture frame, broken glass over wet leaves & grass.
Saw this dresser & had to talk myself out of hoisting it into the car to clean/refinish/repair/otherwise restore. Will always always be drawn to taking a thing someone else is discarding.
September 22, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Saw this dresser & had to talk myself out of hoisting it into the car to clean/refinish/repair/otherwise restore. Will always always be drawn to taking a thing someone else is discarding.
Just finished THE FREE PEOPLE'S VILLAGE by Sim Kern, which I inhaled. Am immediately starting to reread, slower this time.
September 20, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Just finished THE FREE PEOPLE'S VILLAGE by Sim Kern, which I inhaled. Am immediately starting to reread, slower this time.
me after I share something vulnerable & am waiting for a reaction
September 13, 2023 at 10:44 PM
me after I share something vulnerable & am waiting for a reaction
we went out
the cat Resented It
the cat Resented It
August 31, 2023 at 4:48 AM
we went out
the cat Resented It
the cat Resented It
first soup of the season
August 31, 2023 at 2:32 AM
first soup of the season
today, among other things, I sewed blue buttons with tiny giraffes on them onto a grey linen shirt
August 26, 2023 at 12:56 AM
today, among other things, I sewed blue buttons with tiny giraffes on them onto a grey linen shirt
Seems especially apt to do visible mending on my Allied Media shirt from 2018; the slogan on the back is Create, Connect, Transform.
August 17, 2023 at 1:22 AM
Seems especially apt to do visible mending on my Allied Media shirt from 2018; the slogan on the back is Create, Connect, Transform.