Sara Ryan (born 1971) is an American writer and librarian living in Portland, Oregon. Biography Ryan was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she graduated from Pioneer High School in 1989. Her first novel, Empress of the World, was published in 2001 and is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. A sequel, The Rules for Hearts, was published in 2007 and won the 2008 Oregon Book Award for Young Adult Literature. She also writes graphic novels and is a member of the Periscope Studio. Together with Carla Speed McNeil, she released Bad Houses in 2013 from Dark Horse Comics. Ryan is a member of the faculty at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Openly bisexual, she is married to the cartoonist Steve Lieber. Bibliography Novels Empress of the World (2001) The Rules for Hearts (2007) Graphic novels and sequential art Me and Edith Head (art: Steve Lieber) in Cicada v.4 no. 1 (Carus Publishing), 2002 Nominated for a 2002 Eisner Award for Best Short Story reprinted as a standalone, self-published volume, 2002 "Family Story" (art: Steve Lieber and Jeff Parker) in Hellboy: Weird Tales #3, 2003 Collected in Hellboy: Weird Tales 1 (, Dark Horse), 2003 Flytrap (series) Flytrap – Episode One: Juggling Act (art: Steve Lieber), 2005 Flytrap – Episode Two: Deep, too (art: Ron Chan), 2007 Flytrap – Episode Three: Over the Wall (art: Ron Chan), 2007 Flytrap – Episode Four: Performance Anxiety (art: Sarah Burrini), 2009 Click (art: Dylan Meconis), 2007 Einbahnstrasse Waltz (art: Cat Ellis), 2007 Bad Houses (art: Carla Speed McNeil), 2013 References External links Personal site 1971 births 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers American children's writers American women novelists LGBT comics creators Living people Writers from Ann Arbor, Michigan Female comics writers Novelists from Oregon American librarians American women librarians Bisexual women American LGBT novelists LGBT people from Michigan American women children's writers Women science fiction and fantasy writers Novelists from Michigan Bisexual academics American bisexual writers