Frank Ryan

 

Frank Ryan is a senior consultant physician as well as being a revolutionary evolutionary biologist.  He is also a reviewer of books for the New York Times.

Frank's fiction includes the delightful contemporary novel, Between Clouds and the Sea, which is a great favourite at his talks on writing. 

His iconoclastic non-fiction includes three best-sellers, The Eskimo Diet, which was co-authored by Reg Saynor, Tuberculosis: The Greatest Story Never Told, which was welcomed with considerable acclaim globally, and Virus X, which changed the way we view viral evolution.  World in Action and Horizon based programs on Frank's books and his tuberculosis book, renamed The Forgotten Plague, was a non-fiction book of the year for the New York Times.  Virus X also received outstanding reviews in the New York Times and The Washington Post's Bookworld, and his Darwin's Blind Spot has created a wave of interest in academic and lay circles throughout the world, leading to Frank being elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London.  In the UK, this book was chosen as Book of the Month for May 2004 on www.readysteadybook.com and in the US it was the book of choice for Charlie Munger in 2003. 

His two new books for 2007 include The Brain Food Diet, his first revisiting of the omega-3 story since he helped to pioneer it by co-authoring The Eskimo Diet back in 1990, and its companion piece in fiction, Between Clouds and the Sea, available for the first time in paperback.

Frank's books have been the subject of many TV and radio documentaries and have been translated into many languages.

SOCIAL LIFE

In addition to writing, Frank Ryan has directed his own commercial art gallery and has retained strong links with the artistic community. He is a gregarious and entertaining speaker, which has helped to make him popular with the live media. His philosophy is based on the importance of fun in everybody's daily life. He is married with two children.