Tom Ryan is an internationally best selling, award winning author, screenwriter and producer. His adult mystery debut THE TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB (2024) was an instant USA Today, Globe & Mail, and Toronto Star bestseller and a 2025 Edgar Award nominee. WE HAD A HUNCH was released in October 2025 and was an Amazon Editor’s Choice and one of Indigo’s Best Books of the Year.
His YA mystery KEEP THIS TO YOURSELF (2019) was the winner of the 2020 ITW Thriller Award for Best YA Thriller, the 2020 Arthur Ellis Award for Best YA Crime Book, and the 2021 Ann Connor Brimer Award. His followup YA mystery I HOPE YOU’RE LISTENING (2020) was the winner of the 2021 Lambda “Lammy” Award for Best LGBTQ Mystery.
Tom’s next novel, RETURN TO BREAKNECK ISLAND: A TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB MYSTERY will be released on October 6, 2026.
Tom, his husband and their dog live in Nova Scotia.