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David Ryan

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Born

Fort Wayne, Indiana, The United States

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Fiction

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June 2014

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Author of the forthcoming Alligator (C4G Books) and winner of the 2022 and 2023 O. Henry Prize For Short Fiction, David Ryan‘s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Ploughshares, Soft Union, Alaska Quarterly Review, Conjunctions, The Kenyon Review, The Georgia Review, Harvard Review, New England Review, The Common, The Threepenny Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Fence, Cincinnati Review, The Florida Review, The Hopkins Review, Puerto del Sol, the Potomac Review, Pinch, BOMB, and elsewhere.

He is the author of the story collection Animals in Motion: Stories (Roundabout Press) and a recipient of fellowships from MacDowell, Elizabeth Yates McGreal Foundation, and the Connecticut Office of the Arts. He teaches in the writing program at Sarah L ...more

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Average rating: 4.35 · 55 ratings · 10 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Animals in Motion: Stories 4.18 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Alligator 4.75 avg rating — 16 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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David Ryan and 3 other people liked Claire Hopple's review of Alligator: "Dark, precise, singular. Reinventing description at the sentence level."
Feb 15, 2026 01:40PM · see review
David Ryan liked Grace's review of Alligator: "David Ryan weaves in and out of reality with the grace and precision of an Olympian’s skate on untouched ice. Each story carries a spectral rhythm within it that is somehow tangibly familiar."
Jan 20, 2026 03:01PM · see review
David Ryan liked S's review of Alligator: "Dark, lyrical and psychologically complex stories."
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David Ryan and 1 other person liked Delaney Sweet's review of Alligator: "As always, the arc of the stories! The simple and arresting sentences! "
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