Occupation Novelist Name Nan Ryan Genre Romance | Period 1983-Present Nationality American Role Writer | |
Pen name Nancy Henderson Ryan,
Nan Ryan Books Savage Heat, Cloudcastle, Silken Bondage, Dearest Enemy, Because you're mine | ||
Nancy Henderson Ryan (b. in Texas) is an American writer of romance novels under her full name and as Nan Ryan.
Biography
Nancy Henderson was born in Texas, she is the middle daughter of a rancher and postmaster.
In 1981, she read an article on romance writers, "From bedroom to boardroom", she began to write with her Smith Corona.
Nan married Joe Ryan, a television director. They have lived in Washington, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Missouri, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and her native Texas.
Nan Ryan won Historical Storyteller of the year in 1995 from Romantic Times. She was nominated for Best Western Historical romance in 1997. Ryan was named Best historical storyteller of the year in again in 2001.
Ryan was nominated for the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award in 2003 for Best Western Romance for her novel Naughty Marietta.