John Ryan

John Ryan is a Melbourne-based writer and bon-vivant. He's penned literally thousands of published articles on subjects as diverse as the modern Chinese art scene, fare evasion on public transport (he's for it) and grunge in a Catholic context.

For Lonely Planet, John was the ideas guy behind Micronations, has contributed sections on travel dating and Australian football for guidebooks and has written many tens of thousands of words on Lonely Planet's website.