Ryan Orr

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Ryan Orr is the author of Jeremy Ruhl - The Life and Times of, Jeremy Ruhl- Africa Book II, Jeremy Ruhl-Savannah Wars, Beyond The Oasis, Grimaldi - Land Of The Dragons. Orr was born in Phoenix, Arizona where he lived up until the age of 6. Before, during and after high school, Orr played in several bands, worked part time at several jobs and then married. He has adopted four boys and later had his own son.

He family moved to St. Joseph, Missouri where he went to grade school at Saint James Parochial School. He was in the same class as Steve Walsh (musician), who later became the lead singer and keyboardist in the band Kansas (band). Orr played the piano and bass guitar four almost four years and during the 6th grade introduced several members of the class including Walsh, to live music. Steve Walsh ultimately took up the keyboards and went on to fame. Both boys sang in the church choir and had a knack for speaking and singing in Latin. Orr graduated from High school and attended several colleges and universities while traveling around the world and settling back to Arizona.

Orr while in the fifth grade, wrote a short story called the Little Tin Shop, this story led to writing for the high school paper, and he worked as a photo-journalist for the US Army. After his service he worked in the public-relations department of several Universities.

As he raised his own children they seemed to be bored with their own lives, he took moments of their lives and successfully put them into action adventure books to show them how exciting their own lives actually were. The original Life and Times of Jeremy Ruhl was written in 1979-1980 and consisted of over 1200 pages. Publishers broke down the book into three original sections.

[edit] Notability

• rwpbooks "Ryan Orr Biography", rwpbooks, Sept 15, 1998. Accessed April 2, 2007.
• isbndatabase "Bibliography of Ryan Orr- Partial" "isbndb.com", Jan 1, 2007. Accessed April 2, 2007
• article-publicity "About the Author Ryan Orr" "article-publicity.com", Nov 12, 2006. Accessed April 2, 2007
• amazon review "Editorial Reviews Beyond the Oasis" "Editorial Reviews - Beyond The Oasis", April 2002. Accessed April 2, 2007
• Kid-Teen Magazine 2002 "Editorial Reviews Jeremy Ruhl - Africa" Editorial Reviews - Jeremy Ruhl Africa". April 2002. Accessed April 2, 2007.
• International Native News 2002 "Editorial Reviews - The Life and Times of Jeremy Ruhl" Editorial Reviews INN - "The Life and Times Of Jeremy Ruhl" Mar-Apr 2002 - Accessed April 2, 2007

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NAME	Orr, Ryan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Weldon, Randy
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Author
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH	Phoenix, Arizona
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH