WRITER

SOCIOLOGIST

LOVER OF SMALL TOWNS

About ROBYN RYLE

Robyn Ryle is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her linked short story collection, Sex of the Midwest, received a Kirkus starred review and will be published in Fall 2025 with Galiot Press.

She’s the author of two award-winning nonfiction books–She/He/They/Me and Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy.

She’s also written a young adult novel about a girls basketball team who challenges the boys to a game, Fair Game.

Robyn is a full professor of sociology and gender studies at Hanover College. She has also written a sociology of gender textbook, Questioning Gender: A Sociological Exploration, in its 5th edition.

She lives in Madison, Indiana, in a 200-year-old house with her husband and two aging cats.

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Kirkus starred review!

SEX OF THE MIDWEST

A mysterious email arrives in the inboxes of the residents of a small, Indiana town, setting off a chain reaction in the lives of its residents.

Olive Kitteridge meets The Secret Lives of Church Ladies in this linked short story collection about the residents of a small town who reckon with the complexities and delights of community.

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Cover with Fair Game and an image of a woman shooting a basketball

A classic tale of boys vs. girls

FAIR GAME

A girls' basketball team challenges the boys to a high-stakes game, putting their friendships and futures on the line.

Fed up with getting less money and attention than the boys, despite their winning record, a girls’ basketball team challenges the boys to a high-stakes game, putting their seasons, their futures and three cherished friendships on the line.

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Cover of She/He/They/Me

2020 Stonewall Book Awards Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Honor Award Recipient

SHE/HE/THEY/ME:

An Interactive Guide to the Gender Binary

If you’ve ever questioned the logic of basing an entire identity around what you have between your legs, it’s time to embark on a daring escape outside of the binary box…

THROW LIKE A GIRL, CHEER LIKE A BOY:

The Evolution of Gender, Identity, and Race in Sports

This book uses the world of sports in order to reveal the complicated history of gender, sexuality, race, and social justice while connecting those stories to today’s athletes. It highlights the ways sports often contribute to inequalities, but also how they can help make the world more accepting.

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