She has worked in libraries, bookselling, editing, and community journalism, and has taught at various universities. Her previous poetry titles with Fremantle Press include The Argument, Fremantle Poets 1- New Poets (editor), Scar Revision, Hothouse, The Willing Eye, Bluebeard in Drag and Killing Delilah. Tracy Ryan is also the author of three novels- Sweet, Jazz Tango and Vamp.