Rick Ryan

Rick Ryan has been a songwriter/lyricist for over four decades. He's received numerous awards for his writing, including a platinum album with Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Ryan is the author of Borderlands, a collection of poetry, the novels Nuthouse and A Labyrinth of Voices, and has compiled and assisted in the translation of All the Foolls and Madmen by Jean-Baptiste Delacroix. Seeing his story Under Santa's Hat brought to life by the illustrations of Laurah Grijalva and the prospect of...See more

Rick Ryan has been a songwriter/lyricist for over four decades. He's received numerous awards for his writing, including a platinum album with Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Ryan is the author of Borderlands, a collection of poetry, the novels Nuthouse and A Labyrinth of Voices, and has compiled and assisted in the translation of All the Foolls and Madmen by Jean-Baptiste Delacroix. Seeing his story Under Santa's Hat brought to life by the illustrations of Laurah Grijalva and the prospect of making kids, grandkids, and the child inside each of us smile and laugh and learn something in the process has been one of the greatest joys of Ryan's writing career. He lives in Northern California. See less