Robyn Ryle

Robyn Ryle is a writer and chronicler of small town life. Her novel-in-stories, SEX OF THE MIDWEST (Galiot Press), was an NPR Books We Love 2025 and an Electric Literature best short story collection. It received a Kirkus starred review and was featured in People Magazine and The Washington Post. Though originally from Kentucky, she’s been a Hoosier for the past twenty years. She is the author of two award-winning books of nonfiction (She/He/They/Me and Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy) and a young adult novel (Fair Game). Her essays and stories have appeared in CNN, Newseek, Tin House, and BELT Magazine, among others. When she’s not writing, she teaches sociology and gender studies to college students in southern Indiana.