Ken Ryan lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, where he founded a small business for innovative research and creative writing following a thirty-year career in the U.S. Navy. The Love Cycle of a Cicada is his first novel and is reflective of his time in uniform. Fiction is his chosen vehicle to communicate a message of hope to readers who may be overwhelmed by headlines and uninformed about the U.S. military and its inner workings. Ken also draws cartoons, plays basketball, and designs advanced propulsion devices for electric vertical lift aircraft.