Madeleine Ryan

{{Short description|Australian novelist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|12|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia

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  • Novelist
  • filmmaker

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| notable_works = A Room Called Earth

| website = {{URL|https://www.madeleineryan.com/}}

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Madeleine Ryan (born 9 December 1988) is an Australian novelist and filmmaker.{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Helen |date=2021-01-12 |title=A Room Called Earth author Madeleine Ryan: 'We should look at autism as a diamond with lots of facets' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/madeleine-ryan-a-room-called-earth-book-b1784455.html |access-date=2024-06-05 |work=The Independent |language=en}} She is known for her novel A Room Called Earth (2020).

Early life

Ryan was born in Melbourne, Australia. Her parents were film and television critics. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in English literature and creative writing.{{Cite web |title=Author Madeleine Ryan: 'Being neurodiverse is a superpower' |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/voices/article/author-madeleine-ryan-being-neurodiverse-is-a-superpower/zlrhg2lg6 |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=SBS Voices |language=en}}

Career

Ryan's articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, SBS, The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald, VICE, Bustle, and Lenny Letter.{{Cite news |last=Ryan |first=Madeleine |date=2020-07-02 |title=Dear Parents: Your Child With Autism Is Perfect |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/parenting/autism-children.html |access-date=2024-06-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Madeleine |date=2021-02-21 |title="To Face One's Closet Is To Face One's Self": Neurodiverse Author Madeleine Ryan Reflects On Her Life In Fashion |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/madeleine-ryan-autism |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Madeleine |title=Muck Rack - Madeleine Ryan |url=https://muckrack.com/madeleine-ryan/articles}}

Ryan's debut novel A Room Called Earth was published in 2020 by Penguin Press in the US and Canada and by Scribe in the U.K. and Commonwealth.{{Cite web |title=A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan: 9780143135456 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/625174/a-room-called-earth-by-madeleine-ryan/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=PenguinRandomhouse.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |url=https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/a-room-called-earth-9781925849776 |title=A Room Called Earth {{!}} Book {{!}} Scribe Publications |date=2021-03-02 |isbn=978-1-925849-77-6 |language=en-AU |last1=Ryan |first1=Madeleine |publisher=Scribe Publications }}

Her second novel, The Knowing, will be published by Scribe in 2025.{{Cite book |last1=Ryan |first1=Madeleine |url=https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/the-knowing-9781761380198 |title=The Knowing {{!}} Book {{!}} Scribe Publications |date=2025-02-04 |publisher=Scribe Publications |isbn=978-1-76138-019-8 |language=en-AU}}

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