Thanks for your interest. Below you’ll find author bios, a downloadable photo, and press-ready materials. For anything not listed here, feel free to reach out through my contact page. I am represented by Giles Anderson of The Anderson Literary Agency.

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Short Bio (84 words):
Ryan T. Pozzi is a writer and cultural critic who interrogates the stories we inherit about legacy, myth, and reputation, especially the ones powerful people prefer remain unexamined. His work pairs narrative depth with a clear-eyed skepticism, always attentive to who shapes our understanding of history. His writing has been accepted by Rattle, Fjords Review, Northern New England Review, and Ponder Review, among others. He is also a 2025 Best of the Net nominee. Find him at ryantpozzi.com or on social media at @ryantpozzi.

Medium Bio (123 words):
Ryan T. Pozzi is a writer and cultural critic whose work examines the stories we inherit about legacy, myth, and reputation, with a particular focus on the narratives powerful people prefer remain unexamined. Through books, essays, and cultural criticism, he explores how reputations are built and broken, how collective memory is shaped, and how history is rewritten by those with the loudest voices. Pozzi’s work pairs narrative depth with clear-eyed skepticism, always attentive to who gets celebrated, who is forgotten, and who controls the archive. His writing has been accepted by Rattle, Fjords Review, Northern New England Review, and Ponder Review, among others. He is also a 2025 Best of the Net nominee. Find him at ryantpozzi.com or on social media at @ryantpozzi.

Full Bio (for panels, conferences, or event sites, 192 words):
Ryan T. Pozzi is a writer and cultural critic whose work interrogates the stories we inherit about legacy, myth, and reputation, especially those powerful people prefer remain unexamined. Drawing on history, memoir, and cultural analysis, he challenges received wisdom by asking who gets remembered, who is erased, and who decides what counts as truth. His books and essays examine the emotional cost of reputation, the consequences of cultural mythmaking, and the hidden lives behind both celebrated and overlooked legacies.

His essays and creative nonfiction have been accepted by Fjords Review, Northern New England Review, Ponder Review, Villain Era, Across the Margin, Osmosis Press, The Word’s Faire, In Parentheses, Angry Gable Press, SoFloPoJo, and Ink in Thirds. His fiction has been accepted by Cursed Morsels, Brilliant Flash Fiction, and Paragraph Planet. His poetry has been accepted by Rattle, The Fib Review, and Wingless Dreamer. He is also a 2025 Best of the Net nominee.

He is a member of Biographers International Organization, Historical Writers of America, Authors Against Book Bans, and the Nebraska Writers Guild. He lives in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and shares his work at ryantpozzi.com and on social media at @ryantpozzi.

Next Project
Book Title: History’s Biggest Frauds
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Status: Represented manuscript
One-sentence description:
A sharp, narrative-driven exploration of the celebrated figures and cultural heroes who built their reputations on lies, theft, and the erasure of others.

Topics Ryan Can Speak On

• How creative resilience endures rejection, erasure, and myth

• The hidden histories beneath our most celebrated reputations

• The stories powerful people use to shape legacy and memory

• Why failure is more honest and more revealing than success

• The myths we want to believe and the truths we try to forget

• What it means to stage a comeback in life, art, and history

• How reputation is built, broken, and sometimes reborn

• The emotional and cultural costs of who is remembered and who is forgotten

• Why places matter in the stories we tell about ourselves and our communities

• Rethinking authenticity, legacy, and survival in a culture that loves to rewrite its own history

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