I write young adult stories that could take place next week—but let's hope they don't.
BOOKS
PRESS
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Readers will find themselves flipping madly to the very last page.
-Kirkus Reviews
Ryan questions the nature of entertainment and explores the concept of privacy in a world of increasingly sophisticated social media. Teens will find themselves drawn in by the story’s possibilities, and unNERVEd by its outcome. Give this to Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games fans. - School Library Journal
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Ryan’s story is thought-provoking and unsettling…the ending goes off with a bang and a twist.
-Publishers Weekly
“[Nerve] is a head-trip of a book, that will make you question the popularity of reality shows and online games.” - Parkersburg News & Sentinel
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“[Nerve] whizzes along at a tremendous, thoroughly enjoyable clip.” -A.V. Club
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“[Charisma is a] provocative and entertaining read…a solid thriller.” -Kirkus Reviews
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“Not a far step from Ned Vizzini’s Be More Chill…The science is explained well enough for non-scientist readers to understand, and gives teens much to think about regarding medical ethics and experimentation.” -School Library Journal on Charisma
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“[F]resh and intriguing.” -Publishers Weekly on Charisma
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“This Robin Cook–like thriller zips along at breakneck speed to a satisfying conclusion.” -Booklist on Charisma
FOREIGN & AUDIO
Audio Edition
Blackstone Audio
Bulgarian Edition
​EX LIBRIS LTD
Bosnian Edition
BTC Šahinpašić
Catalan Edition
Edicions 62
Chinese (simplified)
Tiandi Publishing House
Chinese (traditional)
Reading Addiction Publishing
Dutch Edition
Van Goor, Unieboek
Dutch Edition
Van Goor, Unieboek
French Edition
Editions Robert Laffont
French 2nd Edition
Editions Robert Laffont
French Edition
Editions Robert Laffont
German Edition
cbt, Verlagsgruppe Random House
Hungarian Edition
Gabo Kiado
Italian Movie
Tie-In Edition
Newton Comptom Editori
Italian Edition
Newton Comptom Editori
Polish Edition
Portuguese (Brazil) Editora Planeta Publishing
Portuguese (Brazil) Edition Planeta
Publishing
Portuguese (Portugal) Edition
Editorial Presença
Romanian Edition
Leda Edge
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Russian Edition
AST Publishing
Russian Edition
AST Release
Holdings Ltd.
Serbian Edition
Urban Reads
Spanish Edition
Alfaguara
Taiwanese Edition
Doing
Taiwanese 2nd Edition Doing
Turkish Edition
​Altin
UK/Australian Edition
Simon & Schuster UK
UK/Australian Edition
Simon & Schuster UK
Ukrainian
KM Books Publishing
FILM
Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico (Emma Roberts), has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.
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Based on the novel by Jeanne Ryan
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PRODUCED BY:
Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Miles Heizer, Colson Baker, Kimiko Glenn, Marc John Jeffries, Brian Marc, Samira Wiley and Juliette Lewis
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Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman
Jessica Sharzer
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Allison Shearmur, p.g.a; Anthony Katagas, p.g.a
BIO
I’ve lived all over the world, raised in a family with eleven brothers and sisters. I spent my early childhood in Hawaii and the rest of my growing-up years trying to figure out a way to get back there, with stops in South Korea, Michigan and Germany along the way. Before writing fiction, I tried my hand at many things, including war game simulation and youth development research. But I decided it was much more fun to work on stories than statistics.
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These days, I still love Hawaii, but have found my home under the moody skies of the Pacific Northwest.
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