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A lifelong Sherlockian, Richard T. Ryan is the author of “The Vatican Cameos: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure,” “The Stone of Destiny,” “The Druid of Death,” “The Merchant of Menace,” “Through a Glass Starkly,” “Three May Keep a Secret,” “The Poisoned Pawn” “The Devil’s Disciples” and “The Traitorous Templar.” He is currently at work on his tenth Holmes tale, "The Other Woman," which is scheduled to be released September 8, 2025. All were released by MX Publishing.

“He is also the author of “B Is for Baker Street … My First Sherlock Holmes Book,” an alphabet book he wrote for his grandchildren.

He serves as the editor of “A Year in Mystery” series with eight volumes published to date and two more due out this year. He has edited the anthology “No Holidays for Holmes,” and is a contributing editor to “Writing Holmes” and “Reading Holmes” – all for Belanger Books.

Among his other credits are “The Official Sherlock Holmes Trivia Book," a book on Agatha Christie trivia and the well-received murder mystery “Deadly Relations” which has been produced twice off-Broadway. 

He pursued his graduate studies at the University of Notre Dame, where he majored in medieval literature. To this day, he remains a die-hard fan of the Fighting Irish.

An avid reader, he grew up devouring the mysteries of John Dickson Carr, Agatha Christie and others of that ilk.

He has been involved with newspapers and magazines for more than 40 years and has spent the better part of three decades working for the Staten Island Advance in a variety of editorial capacities. He retired in July 2017. During his years at the Advance, he penned two nationally syndicated columns, and his work has appeared in papers all across America,

He has been happily married to his wife, Grace, for 46 years and is the proud father of two children, Dr. Kaitlin Ryan-Smith and Michael Ryan and three grandchildren.