J. Ryan Sommers has an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago. For his efforts, he received the Graduate Merit Award and shaped the world of Conduits. He and his wife moved from the windy city to Houston where Sommers continues to write and teach.
He has been published in Zoetic Press, So to Speak, Helen Literary Magazine, Storyfile Magazine, Menda City Press, The Paragon Review, and Here Comes Everyone, as well as professional articles for Rotten Tomatoes.