[hr][hr][center][h1][color=868324]Ryan Phillips[/color][/h1][/center]
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[b]Full Name:[/b] Ryan Daniel Phillips
[b]Age:[/b] 32
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Height:[/b] 6'5"
[b]Weight:[/b] 235 lbs

[b]Previous Occupation:[/b] Author

[b]Likes:[/b]
Video Games
Running
Rainy Days
Contemporary/Jazz Music
Tap Dancing

[b]Dislikes:[/b]
Dogs
Seafood
People who don't celebrate birthdays
Nicknames
Hip Hop

[b]Fears:[/b]
Death (necrophobia)
Heights (acrophobia)
Snakes (ophiophobia)

[b]Personality:[/b] Ryan has always been a relatively easygoing person and can rarely be found in a bad mood. If he is approached by someone, then he will go out of his way to put them in a good mood as well. Unless they approach him, however, he can be a tad bit introverted, preferring the company of his own thoughts. He thinks that this is for good reason because he is a very intelligent person, and most of the time, his best ideas come from his own head rather than the input of others. He would never say so to anyone, but he considers himself to be one of the smartest people that he knows. He also has a very strong sense of what he believes to be right and wrong, taking a page from Shakespeare: "Mine honor is my life; both grow in one. Take honor from me, and my life is done."

Of course, a writer like Ryan knows that no character is complete without flaws, and he's got plenty. Due to his introverted nature, he has a tendency to be secretive and judgmental. he also can be very stubborn at times; once he makes a decision, he will stick to it until it is entirely obvious that he has failed. Alongside his intellectual nature is an almost immediate dislike of those who are uneducated. Ryan has developed a bit of an ego from his intellect, and while he is kind to others, he will look down on those who aren't as intelligent as him and oppose those who disagree with him. He constantly feels as though he needs to prove that he is capable of respect to others, which he tries to accomplish through reasoning and logic, making him seem cold hearted to those who are more emotional thinkers.

[b]History:[/b] Ryan was born on February 3rd, 1984 and raised on the West Coast of the United States in San Francisco, California. His father was the founder of a small tech company, and his mother was a state attorney, and both of his parents encouraged Ryan from a young age to follow his dreams. Admittedly, he had it easier than most kids, but you had to have a rather large bank account to afford living in a city like San Francisco. Once he started school, Ryan almost immediately stood out from his peers. He seemed to learn almost everything in half the time that it took the other students in his class, and by the time he was 8 years old, his parents and the principal to move him up a grade level. In high school, most would've thought that he would've had trouble making friends, but his easygoing nature made him acquaintances of most of his classmates and a small group of close friends.

It wasn't until his junior year of high school that he actually decided that he wanted to be an author. His language arts teacher had given his class an assignment to write a narrative; he couldn't remember what the subject was if you asked him today. A trio of seniors who had failed the class last year and were retaking it knew that he was relatively smart, and they threatened him to write their assignments for them. Knowing that these kids would follow on a threat, he worked himself to the bone to write the essays for the three seniors, as well as his own. After the papers were turned in, his teacher told him that she knew that the three seniors didn't write their own essays and that he should be punished along with them for cheating. However, she told him that the four papers that he had written were the four best papers that she had ever read, telling him that he had a talent for writing. After that day, Ryan's heart was set on becoming an author. He ended up graduating as the valedictorian of his class, and he was given a full scholarship to go to the University of Iowa.

College was a new experience for Ryan, mainly because he had never been so far from home before. Still, he didn't let this stop him and instead developed a more introverted style, buckling down into assignments and essays rather than parties or bars. He learned quickly that while research was a must for any topic of writing, it helps a lot to balance it out with exercise, strengthening both the mind and the body. His combination of daily jogging and social isolationism helped him to earn a master's degree in creative writing and move back to San Francisco. However, once he got out of college, he quickly realized that being an author was much more difficult than writing a manuscript. He had to take on multiple part time jobs while submitting his writings to editors, who were very critical of his writing. After more rejected submissions than he could count, one editor finally accepted one of his works (ironically, an island survival story titled [i]Dead Waters[/i]) and it quickly became a relatively popular book. It certainly wasn't on the New York Bestsellers list, but it was enough to kickstart his writing career. Since then, he has released two more books in what became an island survival trilogy and is currently working on a horror mystery novel based in Australia, where Ryan was traveling (by plane!) to get a first hand perspective of the culture. Unfortunately, he didn't quite plan on learning the culture of previously stated "bitch ass sharks." Seems like he'll have to improvise a bit.