In 2004, Garry Ryan published his first Detective Lane novel, Queen’s Park. The second, The Lucky Elephant Restaurant, won a 2007 Lambda Literary Award. He has since published seven more titles in the Calgary Herald-bestselling series: A Hummingbird Dance, Smoked, Malabarista, Foxed, Glycerine, Indiana Pulcinella, and his latest, Matanzas, which will be released in Fall 2017. In 2009, Ryan was awarded Calgary’s Freedom of Expression Award. His series of World War II aviation adventure stories began publication in 2012 with Blackbirds. The second installment, Two Blackbirds, was released Spring 2014.For more information on Garry Ryan, the Detective Lane Series, and Blackbirds, visit www.garryryan.ca.