Ryan Larson is a writer and musician from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, currently studying Music and English at Christopher Newport University. He has previously published short stories in magazines such as the Argyle Literary Review, Lenticular Lit and the New English Review, and has been nominated for the 2026 Pushcart Prize. In October 2026, he will have published an essay in Old Dominion University's Barely South Review.

Ryan has written plenty of books but hasn't been able to publish anything yet because the literary world is a cruel and fickle one. Nevertheless, he presses on.