Ryan North

About Ryan

My name is Ryan North! I am a dude living in Toronto, Canada, and I write all sorts of things. You can contact me if you want! You can read my journal if you want! You can follow me on Twitter if you want! What I am saying is that there are options. Hey, I've got a Wikipedia entry too! And here's an amazing choose-your-own-profile of me in the Globe and Mail. I look like this:

emily took this! i call this photo, me in a tree - and there's a documentary wherein you can see THIS VERY PHOTO being taken!

My Bacon number is 3 (Stripped (2014) with Kate Micucci → The Little Hours (2017) with John C. Reilly → The River Wild (1994) with Kevin Bacon) and my Erdős number of the third kind (this is the one where you count letters pages in comic books) is also 3 (Fantastic Four #10 (2023) with Thomas Hulse → Bertrand's Postulate for Number Fields (2015, Colloquium Mathematicum 147(2)) with M. Ram Murty → On the Order of a (mod p) (1999, CRM Proceedings and Lecture Notes (19)) with Paul Erdős.)

I do lots of writing online, and also I've made a whole bunch of books. Perhaps you are... intrigued??

Bio

Ryan North's recent work includes the non-fiction books How To Take Over The World and How To Invent Everything, the semi-fictional graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, and the so-far-fictional Unbeatable Squirrel Girl series for Marvel. He's a multiple New York Times bestseller whose work has been translated into 16 different languages so far, and as a linguist, he's very happy about that. He lives in Toronto, where he once messed up walking his dog so badly it made the news.

What Do You Need To Study To Become A Ryan North

I mean, individual results may vary, but I did an undergrad in Computer Science (graduated highest honours with a minor in film, baby) at Carleton University, then a Masters of Science at the University of Toronto. I studied Computational Linguistics; here's my thesis!

Photos

Need print-resolution photos of me for some reason? Sure, sometimes life brings you to strange places. All photographs here are by Connie Tsang.

Happy:
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With my dog Noam Chompsky, the real star of the show:

Awards

• Aragonese Comic Award, 2021: Best International Work for Matadero Cinco (Slaughterhouse-Five's Spanish translation)
• 42 Award, 2021: Best Work Translated Into Spanish in any medium for Matadero Cinco
• Avilés Critic's Award, 2021: Best International Script and Best International Work for Matadero Cinco
• Lorna Award, 2021: Best Foreign Comic for Matadero Cinco
• Eisner Award, 2017: Best Publication for Teens for The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
• Eisner Award, 2017: Best Humour Publication for Jughead
• Alex Award, 2017: for Romeo and/or Juliet
• Harvey Award, 2014: Special Award for Humour Adventure Time
• Harvey Award, 2014: Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers for Adventure Time
• Eisner Award, 2013: Best Publication for Kids for Adventure Time
• Harvey Award, 2013: Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers for Adventure Time
• Harvey Award, 2013: Special Award for Humour Adventure Time

Nominations

• Webby Award Honouree, 2023: in Podcasts: Television and Film for Marvel's Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show
• AARP YA Science Book Award, 2022: Longlisted for How To Take Over the World
• SXSW Gaming Award Nomination, 2022: Excellence in Narrative for Lost In Random
• Eisner Nomination, 2021: Best Adaptation from Another Medium for Slaughterhouse-Five
• Ignotus Nomination, 2021: Best Comic for Matadero Cinco (Slaughterhouse-Five's Spanish translation)
• Barcelona International Comics Fair Prize Nomination, 2021: Best Foreign Work for Matadero Cinco
• Goodreads Choice Semifinalist, 2018: Best Science and Technology Book for How To Invent Everything
• Shuster Nomination, 2017: Outstanding Writer for The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
• Dwayne McDuffie Nomination, 2016: Kids' Comics Award for The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
• Eisner Nomination, 2016: Best New Series for The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
• Shuster Nomination, 2016: Outstanding Writer for The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
• Goodreads Choice Semifinalist, 2015: Best Graphic Novels and Comics for The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power
• Shuster Nomination, 2015: Outstanding Writer for Adventure Time and The Midas Flesh
• Shuster Nomination, 2015: Dragon Award for Kids Comics for The Midas Flesh
• Shuster Nomination, 2014: Outstanding Writer for Adventure Time and The Midas Flesh
• Eisner Nomination, 2013: Best New Series for Adventure Time
• Eisner Nomination, 2013: Best Humour Publication for Adventure Time
• Shuster Nomination, 2013: Outstanding Writer for Adventure Time