Jesi Lea Ryan

Jesi Lea Ryan was born and raised in the Mississippi River town of Dubuque, Iowa.  After graduating from Loras College with degrees in Creative Writing and Literature, she relocated to Madison, Wisconsin.  In addition to writing, she teaches creative writing workshops to teens through the University of Wisconsin Outreach Program, and has served as a creative writing mentor for the Young Scholars Program through the Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth.  Her short story “Death of a Woman” has been published in the Detroit based literary magazine The Furnace.  Four Thousand Miles is her first novel.