Regina Ryan has been the head of her own independent literary agency for over 40 years, principally handling adult nonfiction. She has a strong editorial background, including having been an editor at Alfred A. Knopf and editor in chief of Macmillan Adult Books, the first woman ever to hold that position in a major hardcover publishing house. She is a co-founder of the Agents Round Table.

Her areas of interest are wide-ranging and include narrative nonfiction, natural history (particularly birds), science (particularly the brain), the outdoors, gardening, women’s issues, social justice, parenting, psychology, business, health, wellness, self-improvement, lifestyle, history, food, travel, popular reference, and an occasional memoir.

Among the adult books she has represented are The Appalachian Trail: A Biography by Philip D’Anieri, The Garden Primer by Barbara Damrosch, The Suicidal Mind by Edwin S. Shneidman, The Peterson’s Guide to North American Bird Sounds (2 vols.) by Nathan Pieplow,  Backyard Birdsong by Donald Kroodsma, The Healing Otherness Handbook by Stacee Reicherzer, The Death Penalty: Why is it Still Alive? by Andrea Lyon, The Introvert’s Complete Career Guide by Jane Finkle, and New On Earth: Baby Animals In The Wild by Suzi Eszterhas. Among her children’s books are Surviving Hitler by Andrea Warren and Itch! by Anita Sanchez

Ms. Ryan is a member of the Women’s Media Group (WMG), PEN, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA, formerly known as AAR), in addition to the Agents Round Table. She is a past president and former board member of the American Book Producers Association. She is also a member of the Audubon Society of New York, the Linnaean Society of New York, and the New York Mycological Society.