Ryan was born and raised in Wisconsin. His parents divorced when he was 15. He graduated high school in 1999. He meet his wife when he was 23. He has three kids. He wrote is first stories when he was a teenager. The first story he published was written in 2018.
In 2019 he started to deconverted from Christianity. It lasted 2 years and caused him to read several books on many different topics. Ranging from early religions to history and science. He also read several books on philosophy. Plus he read about how religion effects peoples lives. After finding all of this out it was no surprise he wrote a book.
He still lives in Wisconsin. He has been with his wife for over 15 years.