Lj Ryan

Hello! I work full-time as an Office Manager with a Payroll & Accounts Software company.

I live in County Meath, Ireland, but before settling there, I experienced life in Jersey, Dublin, Carlow, and France.

Along with my love of reading, some authors such as Sidney Sheldon, Dean Koontz, Nora Roberts, Lee Child, and Amy Vansant, and of course, my love of writing, I enjoy travel and horse riding. With my poor husband and young family in tow, we’ve moved twelve times in nearly thirty-five years! But I’m convinced Meath is now our permanent home, I hope…

While living in France, my love of French culture, their sense of family, and love of food and wine grew into my first novel, The View from Our Window. I was thrilled to receive reviews for my novel stating how the reader was “transported” to France or that the book is “so much more than a romance.” It’s sequel, Shadows in Our View, is now available to purchase.

The View from Our Window is currently shortlisted for the 2023 CAP awards. These awards showcase the best of Irish self-published authors. Founded in 2016, The Carousel Aware Prize for Independently Published Authors provides a platform to all Irish and Irish-based authors each year.

I’ve attended courses with the Irish Writer’s Centre and have diplomas in Office Management, Marketing/Selling and Sales Management, Genealogy, Office Administration, conversational French, SEO Digital Marketing, Occupational First Responder, Fire Safety Awareness, ECDL.

You can connect with me through Facebook Lorraine Ryan McEvoy, on X (formally Twitter) @ljryan07, or on Instagram @lryanmcevoy07