A middle-aged person with short gray hair and black glasses, wearing a plaid shirt and dark sweater, stands outdoors near grass, rocks, and a pond.

Patrick Ryan

Patrick Ryan’s novel, Buckeye, is a New York Times bestseller, a Read with Jenna pick, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, a Book-of-the-Month Club Featured Selection, a finalist for Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year, and Amazon’s Best Book of 2025. He is also the author of two collections of short stories: The Dream Life of Astronauts, and Send Me. He is the editor of the literary magazine One Story and lives in New York City.