R. M. Ryan is the author of Vaudeville in the Dark, (2010) which was lauded by the New York Times as "written at the juncture of rapture and rupture." He is also the author of Goldilocks in Later Life (1980) and The Golden Rules (2002). In addition, Ryan is the lyricist for the northern California rock-and-roll band The Thugz and wrote many of the songs on their two CD’s released by Puffin records—Goin’ To Town (2009) and Peace of Mind (2011). Carol Polsgrove writes that "R. M. Ryan's poems are not for the faint of heart." He is the husband of Carol Sklenicka

Carol Sklenicka

Carol Sklenicka is an American biographer and essayist best known as the author of Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life, the first comprehensive biography of short story writer Carver to be published after his death....

, the author of Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life.