# Event Details

- **Event Name**: In the Author's Voice with Patrick Ryan
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 21 May, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Patrick Ryan, author of the noteworthy 2025 novel Buckeye, will visit MPL on Thursday, May 21.

Patrick Ryan was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up on Merritt Island, Florida. He’s a graduate of Bowling Green State University’s Creative Writing Program. Ryan has written several collections of short stories and three novels for young adults. Buckeye was published in September 2025 and has been receiving raving reviews. This emotional historical fiction set in Ohio follows two families through four decades of life, loss, and love. “Filled with wit and emotion on every page, this is a stirring paean to the joys and sorrows of family” (Publisher’s Weekly). 

MPL has selected Buckeye as the fiction book discussion pick for February 3, 2026, so pick up a copy or get on the waiting list today!

Doors Open - 6:00 pm
Program - 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Book Signing - 7:30 pm

No ticket is necessary for this Open House event.

Our BookMarks Friends group will have a selection of books available for purchase at the event.

For more upcoming authors in this series visit MarionLibrary.org/authorseries
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/marion/in-the-authors-voice-with-patrick-ryan/200030090850848
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Marion
- **state**: OH
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Marion Public Library
- **lat**: 40.587227722434
- **long**: -83.119418840051
- **full address**: Marion Public Library, 445 E Church St,Marion, Ohio, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is In the Author's Voice with Patrick Ryan being held?
  - **A:** In the Author's Voice with Patrick Ryan takes place on Thu, 21 May, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 21 May, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Marion Public Library, 445 E Church St,Marion, Ohio, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing In the Author's Voice with Patrick Ryan?
  - **A:** In the Author's Voice with Patrick Ryan is organized by Marion Public Library.

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