Jeff Ryan was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1993. After growing up in East Hartford and Glastonbury, he moved to Nashville to attend Vanderbilt University. He is currently working to obtain his undergraduate degree. His first collection of poetry, Chain Letters and Other Poems became the #2 best-selling poetry book on Amazon and won acclaim from the University of Colorado's Palimpsest Journal. To Leave or Die in Nashville is his second work. For more information, visit the author's website at jeffryanwriting.wordpress.com. Jeff can be reached at jffryan@gmail.com, or you can follow him on twitter at twitter.com/jryan2028.