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Ryan Douglass

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Born

Atlanta, Georgia, The United States

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https://ryandouglasswriter.com

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Horror, Thriller, Young Adult

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Ryan Douglass is a queer author and poet from Atlanta, Georgia. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Taking of Jake Livingston, and his short fiction appears in All These Sunken Souls and Night of the Living Queers. His poetry is featured in Poemhood: Our Black Revival and He/She/They/Us. When he’s not writing, he’s probably baking something sweet or making a playlist for a story he hasn’t written yet.

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	The Taking of Jake Livingston 3.42 avg rating — 14,904 ratings — published 2021 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror Delight by Shelly Page (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alex Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ryan Douglass (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 1,078 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology by Circe Moskowitz (Goodreads Author), Circe Moskowitz (Goodreads Author), Kalynn Bayron (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 682 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boy in Jeopardy 4.37 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bedweather 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Netherton Books: BoBo the Poodle by Mary Ann Netherton, Ryan Douglass (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ryan Douglass has always written books. When he was really young, he wrote and drew picture books. When he was in elementary and middle school,...

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“It doesn’t matter. At the end of the day, you can’t change yourself. So you have no choice but to be yourself. Fuck everyone who has a problem with it.”
― Ryan Douglass, The Taking of Jake Livingston

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“My room has one window, and a bed and a closet. A place to sleep, a place to hide, a place to escape.”
― Ryan Douglass, The Taking of Jake Livingston

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“And most days? I can’t figure out what I hate more: seeing the dead or being the only one Black eleventh grader at St. Clair Prep.”
― Ryan Douglass, The Taking of Jake Livingston

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