Ryan Harty is an American writer. His first book, '' Bring Me Your Saddest Arizona'', was published in 2003 by

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. He is married to fellow writer Julie Orringer.

Overview

Harty grew up in

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and

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and is a graduate of the

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and the

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. He was a Stegner Fellow at

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and the recipient of a Henfield-Transatlantic Review Award. His stories have appeared in ''

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'' and '' The Missouri Review'' and have been anthologized in ''The 2003 Pushcart Prize'' and ''The Best American Short Stories 2003''.

Literary works

* This book contains eight short stories: ** What Can I Tell You about My Brother? ** Ongchoma ** Between Tubac and Tumacacori ** Crossroads ** Sarah at the Palace ** Why the Sky Turns Red When the Sun Goes Down ** Don't Call It Christmas ** September He won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award.http://www.iowacenterforthebook.org/awards/recipients-uipress-short-fiction

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harty, Ryan Living people 21st-century American novelists American male novelists Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni American male short story writers 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century American male writers Stegner Fellows Year of birth missing (living people)