Iain Ryan grew up in the outer suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. He predominantly writes in the hardboiled/noir genre and his work has been previously published by Akashic Books Online, Crime Factory, Kill Your Darlings and Seizure.Four Days, his first novel, saw release November 2015 via Broken River Books. The following year the book was shortlisted for the Australian Crime Writing Association's Ned Kelly Award (Best Debut Fiction). It didn't win, Broken River Books folded and the book disappeared. Four Days is currently out-of-print.A follow up novel titled The Student was published in 2017 by Echo Publishing. The following year, the book was shortlisted for The Australian Crime Writing Association's Ned Kelly Award (Best Novel). It didn't win either, but the book is still in print.In 2020, Echo Publishing and Bonnier Zaffre (UK) published Ryan's third novel, The Spiral.
