Ryan Petty is a high school social studies teacher from a small town in northeast Texas. Ryan started writing his first book, The Life He Never Knew, a historical fiction dealing with the battle of Shiloh during the Civil War. His second book, Finding Hope in Texas, a young adult fiction, comes out in 2014. Petty is a teacher in northeast Texas, and in his spare time enjoys participating in the hobby of Civil War reenacting. He also enjoys spending time with his wife and two beautiful boys.
