The oldest of nine children, Bob Ryan was born and raised in Pacific County Washington in 1940. During High School Bob got up at five-thirty every morning and delivered papers. He graduated from South Bend High School. After four years in the Air Force, Bob Worked as a deck hand, shake splitter and packer, fern picker, bark peeler, logger, police officer, private detective, and restaurant manager. For twenty-five years he owned and operated a Cafe in downtown Raymond Washington while being involved in the community in both politics and volunteer work.Bob and his wife Bonnie live in their modest four-acre country home in the outskirts of town, and both are active in the community and volunteer at the local food bank. From opinion columns in the local newspaper to novels, Bob loves to write and writes to relax. So far, he has completed twenty-five novels.