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Jeff Ryan

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Jeff Ryan is the author of FATHER AND SON ISSUES: THE SECRET HISTORY OF SPIDER-MAN, YOUR WORSHIPFULESS (about Carrie Fisher and Princess Leia), A MOUSE DIVIDED (about Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks, and Mickey Mouse), and SUPER MARIO (about Nintendo and its spokerplumber Mario).

He has been published in Salon, Slate, Fast Company, Wired.com, Kotaku, and All Things Considered; and has been featured on NPR’s Marketplace, Time, Forbes, The New York Times, The Economist, The Independent, and Star Talk With Neil DeGrasse Tyson. He lives in Bloomfield, NJ, with his family.

If you don't put all money in the bag right now, he will write a book about Sharknado. ...more

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Two new books from Jeff Ryan, about Princess Leia and Spider-Man!

The Kickstarter for two new books of mine is live! if you liked SUPER MARIO, you'll love these!

--YOUR WORSHIPFULNESS: STARRING CARRIE FISHER AS PRINCESS LEIA is a dual biography of Carrie Fisher and Princess Leia, full of her mordant humor, hard-won wisdom, and the occasional Ewok.
--FATHER AND SON ISSUES: THE SECRET HISTORY OF SPIDER-MAN is about longtime Spider-Man artist John Romita, who turned Read more of this blog post »

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	Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America 3.83 avg rating — 5,487 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	A Mouse Divided: How Ub Iwerks Became Forgotten, and Walt Disney Became Uncle Walt 3.79 avg rating — 193 ratings — 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
	Your Worshipfulness, Princess Leia: Starring Carrie Fisher 4.64 avg rating — 22 ratings — 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
	Father and Son Issues: The Secret History of Spider-Man 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — 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

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