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Ryan North


Ryan North is a New York Times–bestselling author whose books include How to Take Over the World, How to Invent Everything, Romeo and/or Juliet, and To Be or Not To Be. He's the creator of Dinosaur Comics and the Eisner Award–winning writer of Adventure Time, Jughead, and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl for Marvel Comics, and he has a master's in computational linguistics from the University of Toronto. Ryan lives in Toronto with his wife, Jenn, and their dog, Noam Chompsky.

Books by Ryan North

Danger and Other Unknown Risks

"Easily my favorite book of the year.” —Tillie Walden, Eisner Award–winning creator of Spinning

A twisty, spellbinding adventure about a girl and her dog who want to save the world, Danger and Other Unknown Risks is the highly anticipated YA graphic novel debut from Eisner Award-winning and New York Times bestselling creators Ryan North and Erica Henderson.

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How to Invent Everything

A geeks’ manual for improving human history, for fans of What If? and The Worst Case Scenario Handbook.

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Flight Volume Five

Let your imagination take flight with the fifth volume of this groundbreaking graphic novel fantasy anthology series, featuring short stories from some of today's most legendary artists, including the series editor, Amulet creator Kazu Kibuishi!

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