160 ratings | 4 reviews | avg rating:4.22

Vaughn Ripley’s Followers (26)

Vaughn’s Bookshelves

to-read (2)
currently-reading (6)
read (161)
books-i-authored (1)

Vaughn’s Friends (1,192)

Carol Miletti

1,801 books | 162 friends

Elizabeth

415 books | 64 friends

Karen

1,025 books | 180 friends

Mindy Palmer

579 books | 55 friends

Sarah

213 books | 31 friends

Bob Wilson

1,044 books | 280 friends

Loida

374 books | 169 friends

Tammi Powell

540 books | 76 friends

More friends…

Vaughn Ripley

Goodreads Author

Born

in Washington DC, The United States

Website

http://www.vaughnripley.com

Twitter

vripley

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

Edgar Allen Poe, Jack Kerouac, Ayn Rand, F. Paul Wilson, Stephen King, ...more

Member Since

January 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/vripley

edit data

Vaughn Ripley has been writing all of his life. Born in Washington D.C. in 1967, and raised in the D.C. metropolitan area, he is a professional database administrator. Born a hemophiliac he has wrestled with Hepatitis C, which he recently beat after enduring a yearlong battle with medicine. He has also fought and continues to fight for more than twenty-six years in a battle with HIV and AIDS. Vaughn is one of the longest living HIV+ people on the planet. He and his wife went through many hardships and tribulations to finally have two children via in vitro fertilization. Vaughn has spent time racing motorcycles on the street and track. He excelled at rock climbing for more than seven years and attempted to climb Mount Rainier. He ran in and ...more

68 posts
Vaughn Ripley's Blog

XML-RPC Test Post

Automated test via XML-RPC.

View more on Vaughn Ripley's website »

Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on December 22, 2025 19:17

View all 68 posts »

Combine Editions
Vaughn Ripley’s books

Average rating: 4.39 · 28 ratings · 8 reviews · 1 distinct work

Survivor: One Man’s Battle With HIV, Hemophilia, and Hepatitis C

4.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions

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

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Vaughn is Currently Reading

Vaughn Ripley is currently reading

Oh Myyy!

by George Takei

bookshelves: currently-reading

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

Sep 02, 2014 07:34PM

Vaughn Ripley is currently reading

Bleeder: A Memoir

by Shelby Smoak

bookshelves: currently-reading

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

May 30, 2014 04:54AM

Vaughn Ripley is currently reading

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

bookshelves: currently-reading

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

May 30, 2014 04:54AM

rss
Vaughn’s Recent Updates

Vaughn Ripley wrote a new blog post Så väljer du det mest pålitliga MGA casinot utan svensk licens för en trygg spelupplevelse Att utforska alternativa spelplattformar kan vara både spännande och utmanande. Med så många alternativ tillgängliga är det avgörande att noggrant gra Read more of this blog post »
Jan 23, 2026 11:18AM · like