About ROBYN RYLE
Robyn Ryle is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her novel-in-stories, Sex of the Midwest, was an NPR Books We Love for 2025 and one of Electric Literature’s best short story collections for 2025. It received a Kirkus starred review and was featured in People Magazine and The Washington Post. You can read her NPR’s Weekend Edition interview about the book here.
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.
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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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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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…
