Before entering the auction industry, Ryan wrote for parenting and senior citizen publications on the Gulf Coast and banged out an honors B.S. in Commercial Writing with dual minors in Graphic Design and Advertising.

At his first career stop, Ryan broke Indiana and national single-year records for auctioneer association awards. In September of 2002, he and his wife moved back to the East Coast to be close to family and to start the adventurous flight that has been biplane productions.

Ryan loves macaroni & cheese and shifting through his MINI Cooper's 6 gears.  He spends his weekends writing essays, hiking in Virginia's mountains, and chasing adrenaline rushes.  He roots for the Baltimore Ravens and MLB's American League.  At his church, Ryan contributes to the parking team (his favorite job).

From saying wedding vows barefoot on a beach to meeting mountain potato farmers in the Andes, from whitewater rafting in the Dominican Republic to bungy jumping out of a New Zealand cable car (470 feet off the ground)—creative nonfiction is both Ryan's lifestyle and life work.

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