Ryan W. Bradley

About Me

Ryan W. Bradley has pumped gas, painted houses, swept a mechanic’s shop, done construction in the Arctic Circle, fronted a punk band, and managed a children’s bookstore. He now designs book covers and works in merchandising and marketing for an audiobook publisher. Born in Alaska, he received his MFA from Pacific University and now lives in southern Oregon with his wife and two sons.

He is the author of four chapbooks; a story collection; a novel, Code for Failure; and three poetry collections, including The Waiting Tide. He also collaborated with David Tomaloff on the poetry collection, You Are Jaguar. His novella, Winterswim is forthcoming in late 2014.

Why do you write?

Paths lined by rows of birch trees and never-ending landscapes of snow.

Any favorite authors? Books?

Hemingway, O'Connor, Faulkner. Jack Driscoll, Pete Fromm, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Donald Ray Pollock.