Hank Phillippi Ryan
- Candy O'Terry
- Oct 24, 2025
- 2 min read
Episode 327
That little girl in the hayloft always wanted to be a writer. I’m the poster child for following your dreams in midlife because I didn’t write my first book until I was 55. -Hank Phillippi Ryan
Imagine a 43-year career as an investigative reporter with 37 EMMYs and 14 Edward R. Murrow awards. Now imagine a brilliant midlife move, where all that experience manifests itself into writing mystery novels that are nail-biting thrillers. Welcome to the incredible story of Hank Phillippi Ryan. This queen of invention sat down in my living room with a cup of tea and the willingness to share a story filled with life lessons in bravery, curiosity, imagination, and just plain smarts. The author of 16 books, her latest is called All This Could Be Yours. The story follows Tessa Calloway, a debut author on a book tour, with a stalker who threatens everything she holds dear. Raised in rural Indiana, Hank (real name: Harriet Ann) admits she was a nerdy kid who wanted nothing more than to read her Nancy Drew books up in the hayloft. A Shakespeare major at Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio, her career has taken her from politics to writing for Rolling Stone Magazine to radio and television, where her news director at WHDH in Boston tapped her as the station’s investigative reporter. “I’m not the funny one, says Hank. I hate to be lied to, and I love discovering the truth. Every one of those 37 EMMY awards represents a secret somebody didn’t want me to tell.” In this interview, she shares wisdom from her mother, and plenty of her own, including: “Worry is glue under your feet” and “success to me is one good idea a day.” For 27 minutes on the joy of reinvention, just hit that download button. #reinvention #mystery #author #television #investigativereporter
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Reading about Hank Phillippi Ryan’s journey from investigative reporting to award-winning author really struck me her drive, reinvention and refusal to stand still feels so inspiring, especially for those of us figuring out our own creative paths while balancing real responsibilities. I’ve always loved storytelling too and lately I’ve been trying to carve out time to draft my first mystery novella but my dissertation workload keeps swallowing my creative energy and leaving me too mentally drained to write anything meaningful. To avoid losing touch with that passion, I finally sought dissertation help Edinburgh which has given me breathing room to nurture my writing again instead of feeling like I had to choose between academic success and the creative future…