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Author · Storyteller
Ryan Walker
@ryanwalker
Writer interested in historical fiction, storytelling and all the strange practical decisions involved in turning drafts into books.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Ryan Walker writes across historical fiction and drama, with a particular interest in character, atmosphere, revision and the details that turn a manuscript into a finished book.
The smallest detail can change the temperature of a scene.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Ryan Walker
On the writing desk
Currently creating
First draft
The Inventory of Ashes
Set in Newcastle in the winter after the Great Fire of 1854, the novel follows a clerk tasked with helping catalogue what remains of a riverside library and its private papers. As he sorts damaged books, ledgers and letters, he uncovers a quiet dispute over ownership, memory and who gets to decide what survives.
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Draft progress
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