Rya E. Byrd has a B.A. in Political Science from Purdue University. She has always had a love of history, politics, and dystopian fiction. When she discovered several dystopian classics were based off of life in the Soviet Union, she was curious to learn more. 

As a former agnostic, Rya feels compelled to write about nonbelievers’ journeys to Christ. Rya believes the Russia word toska perfectly describes her life before her faith. Toska is a spiritual anguish, a melancholy, or emptiness. It is knowing something is missing but not even understanding what it is.  Now, as a continuous student of God’s word, Rya is more joyful than ever before. 

Rya lives in Indiana with her husband, three children, two dogs, three goats and six ducks. She loves to camp and thinks the best conservations come while sitting around the campfire under the stars.