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Tom Ryan

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in Inverness, Canada

February 26, 1977

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Tom Ryan is an award winning author, screenwriter and producer. His YA mystery KEEP THIS TO YOURSELF was the winner of the 2020 ITW Thriller Award for Best YA Thriller, the 2020 Arthur Ellis Award for Best YA Crime Book, and the 2021 Ann Connor Brimer Award, and is currently being adapted for television. His followup YA mystery I HOPE YOU’RE LISTENING was the winner of the 2021 Lambda “Lammy” Award for Best LGBTQ Mystery. He was a 2017 Lambda Literary Fellow in Young Adult Fiction.

Tom, his husband and their dog live in Nova Scotia.

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Average rating: 3.72 · 18,088 ratings · 3,173 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Treasure Hunters Club 3.70 avg rating — 8,184 ratings — published 2024 — 11 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
	Keep This to Yourself 3.85 avg rating — 3,392 ratings — published 2019 — 15 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
	I Hope You're Listening 3.83 avg rating — 3,182 ratings — published 2020 — 15 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
	We Had a Hunch 3.59 avg rating — 1,403 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	When You Get the Chance by Tom Ryan (Goodreads Author), Robin Stevenson (Goodreads Author) 3.41 avg rating — 961 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Way to Go 3.45 avg rating — 535 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	Tag Along 3.42 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Totally Unrelated 3.85 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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
	Big Time 3.42 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2014 — 6 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
	A Giant Man from a Tiny Town by Tom Ryan (Goodreads Author), Christopher Hoyt (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 42 ratings — 3 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

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I just finished a week of lying on beaches and listening to live music in Cape Breton, the beautiful Nova Scotian island where I was born and raised. I always love spending time in Cape Breton, but this year I had an especially fun trip because I got to revisit some of the places that inspired my upcoming middle grade release, TOTALLY UNRELATED.

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“The thing I've never understood about dancing till now is that it only looks stupid when you're on the outside, watching other people do it. When you're part of the crowd, moving along with everyone else, I can't imagine anything else being quite as much fun.”
― Tom Ryan, Tag Along

tags: appearance, conformity, dancing, fun, inspirational, stupid

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“You’ve grown up,” he says, smiling. I hate it when adults say this kind of shit. How am I supposed to respond? You’re looking older yourself?”
― Tom Ryan, I Hope You're Listening

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“History forgets most of us,” says Bryson. “I think it’s liberating.”
― Tom Ryan, The Treasure Hunters Club

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Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

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Way to Go by Tom Ryan

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Thanks for accepting my friend request Tom :) I can't wait for "Way to Go" to come out, I'm litteraly counting the days. I'm sure it's gonna be awesome.

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