title: Bernard Ryan Jr.
text: # Bernard Ryan Jr.
  
  Bernard Ryan (December 2, 1923 - January 3, 2020) was an American writer. His works include The Poodle at the Poodle and Tyler's Titanic. His biography of Senator Hillary Clinton was a New York Times notable book for young adults in 2004. Ryan was a regular contributor to Advertising Age, Air & Space Smithsonian, American Way, Atlantic Flyer, Boys' Life, Country Home, Notre Dame Magazine, Parents, Private Pilot, and Your Money.
  
  ## Early life
  
  A native of Albion, New York, Ryan graduated from the Rectory School in 1938, Kent School in 1942, and from Princeton University in February 1945 as a member of the Class of 1946.
  
  ## Books
  
  * Six to Five Against: A Miscellany
  * A Boy at The Four Corners: Looking into Small-town America in Its Prime
  * The Poodle at The Poodle
  * Law Enforcement Agencies: The Secret Service (2010)
  * Tyler's Titanic
  * The Wright Brothers: Inventors of the Airplane (YA)
  * The Poisoned Life of Mrs. Maybrick
  * Hillary Rodham Clinton: First Lady and Senator (YA)
  * Jeff Bezos: Business Executive and Founder of Amazon.com (YA)
  * Stephen Hawking: Physicist & Cosmologist (YA)
  * Warren Buffett: Capitalist (YA)
  * Jimmy Carter: U.S. President (YA)
  * Condoleezza Rice: Secretary of State (YA)
  * Simple Ways to Help Your Kids Become Dollar-Smart
  * Helping Your Child Start School
  * Teenage Volunteering
  * Community Service for Teens (8 volumes)
  * Great American Trials
  * Great World Trials
  * Sex, Sin and Mayhem: Notorious Trials of the Nineties
  