Jeff Ryan
THE TWO-BOOK KICKSTARTER!
THE TWO-BOOK KICKSTARTER!
Books about how Carrie Fisher made Princess Leia Star Wars' rebel hero, and about the secret history of Marvel Comics' Spider-Man.
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ABOUT JEFF
ABOUT JEFF
Jeff Ryan is the author of the #1 bestseller SUPER MARIO: HOW NINTENDO CONQUERED AMERICA, A MOUSE DIVIDED: HOW UB IWERKS BECAME FORGOTTEN AND HOW WALT DISNEY BECAME UNCLE WALT, FATHER AND SON ISSUES: THE SECRET HISTORY OF SPIDER-MAN, and YOUR WORSHIPFULNESS: STARRING CARRIE FISHER AS PRINCESS LEIA. He got his start reviewing video games for a defunct dotcom website, then started chronicling the lives of the world's greatest fictional characters, and their creators. He lives with his family in Bloomfield, NJ.
Jeff Ryan is the author of the #1 bestseller SUPER MARIO: HOW NINTENDO CONQUERED AMERICA, A MOUSE DIVIDED: HOW UB IWERKS BECAME FORGOTTEN AND HOW WALT DISNEY BECAME UNCLE WALT, FATHER AND SON ISSUES: THE SECRET HISTORY OF SPIDER-MAN, and YOUR WORSHIPFULNESS: STARRING CARRIE FISHER AS PRINCESS LEIA. He got his start reviewing video games for a defunct dotcom website, then started chronicling the lives of the world's greatest fictional characters, and their creators. He lives with his family in Bloomfield, NJ.
Trivia: Jeff has
Trivia: Jeff has
--found a mistake in a dictionary when he was ten
--been told by Neil DeGrasse Tyson to stop Vogue-ing
--learned the secret of Porky Pig's stutter
--beaten the world's greatest video game player (at Cranium, but still)
--found a mistake in a dictionary when he was ten
--been told by Neil DeGrasse Tyson to stop Vogue-ing
--learned the secret of Porky Pig's stutter
--beaten the world's greatest video game player (at Cranium, but still)
--written horror stories for NPR's All Things Considered
--once cleaned up a cheesequake
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