R Ryals Russell

Middle Grade/Young Adult Fantasy Author of two Fantasy series and more.

A Victorian house on five acres with my family is where I hang my Yellow Hat; also run a Vacation Rental Log House on the property (Florida Black Bear Cabin http://flablackbearcabin.com) It was in this cabin I wrote Odessa within 6 months. I'm a fourth generation Floridian.

In my previous life, for fourteen years, I taught Middle Grades, preferring English and Creative Writing. I had several students’ works published in anthologies.

My main interests are my four children, ages 22, 19, 16, 11 and Irish hubby of 35 years. I read, write, draw, go to movies and shop. My favorite pastime is sitting on our wicker porch swing on a chilly Autumn evening with my husband and usually a kid or two, drinking a beer and eating mixed nuts while chatting about anything and everything.