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Patrick Ryan


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Patrick Ryan is the author of the story collections The Dream Life of Astronauts (named one of the Best Books of the Year by the St. Louis Times-Dispatch, Literary Hub, Refinery29, and Electric Literature, and longlisted for The Story Prize) and Send Me. 

His work has appeared in The Best American Short Stories, the anthology Tales of Two Cities, and elsewhere. 
The former associate editor of Granta, he is the current editor-in-chief of the literary magazine One Story.

 He lives in New York City.

 


Genres: Historical
 
Novels
   Send Me (2006)
   Buckeye (2025)
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Books containing stories by Patrick Ryan
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Tales of Two Cities (2015)
The Best and Worst of Times in Today's New York
edited by
John Freeman
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The Best American Short Stories 2006 (2006)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Katrina Kenison and Ann Patchett

Award nominations
2026 Libby Award for Book of the Year - Adult Fiction (nominee) : Buckeye


Patrick Ryan recommends
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Waiting on a Friend (2026)
Natalie Adler
"A wildly inventive and moving novel that walks a tightrope of emotion with grace and humor . . . an astonishingly brilliant debut."

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