Susanna Ryan, the artist behind Seattle Walk Report, is a self-taught cartoonist, illustrator, and designer. After discovering a love for exploring Seattle by foot, she anonymously started the Instagram comic series Seattle Walk Report in 2017. Her first book, Seattle Walk Report, was published in 2019. With her keen eye for Seattle's overlooked landmarks and everyday ephemera, she captures everything that makes the Emerald City magical. Her work has appeared in Seattle magazine, The Stranger, Seattle Refined, The Evergrey, and the Seattle Review of Books, as well as on KOMO News and 107.7 The End.
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestselling
Book
"Secret Seattle represents a fresh surge of inspiration into
the surprisingly large body of Seattle historical literature. . .
By focusing less on the big, bolded names of prominent men in
Seattle history books and focusing more on the civic infrastructure
and pedestrian delights of street-level Seattle, Ryan is rewriting
Seattle's history from the ground up - and she's inviting everyone
to take to the streets and do the same."
-Seattle Times
"At its core, Ryan's work foments a relationship between residents
and the city. She makes even the most minute details seem new and
exciting."
-Seattle Magazine, Most Influential People of
2021
"[O]ne of the most interesting local history books to be published
in the Pacific Northwest in years."
-KIRO Radio
"Ryan's book reminds us that to know a city you have to get
out and walk around. . . Ryan's work is so charming and engaging
that she's already made herself one of those delightful details of
city life by virtue of her ability to see the unseen and draw it
engagingly. If a city is in its details, you'll find much of it in
her books."
-Crosscut
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