LA Times Festival of Books—Meet Steve S. Ryan, PhD, Author of "Beat Your A-Fib"

MALIBU, Calif. - April 3, 2014 - PRLog -- Meet Steve S. Ryan, PhD, the author of Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure and publisher of Atrial Fibrillation: Resources for Patients, www.A-Fib.com. Get your book signed or buy your copy at a special festival price of $20 ($32.95 retail).

Beat Your A-Fib is a recently announced 2014 Grand Prize Finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Awards. Dr. Ryan is a 2014 First Horizon Award Finalist for debut authors and winner of a 2013 Irwin Award from the Book Publishers of Southern California.

You'll find Dr. Ryan at Booth #913 with the Book Publishers of Southern California (BPSC) on Saturday and Sunday, April 12 & 13 (9 am to 5 pm).

Admission is FREE!

About the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

The annual LA Times Festival of Books is one of the largest literary festivals in the U.S. attracting more than 150,000 attendees celebrating the written word. The festival is held each year on the second weekend in April on the USC campus and features celebrities, famous authors, music, film, comic books, cooking demos and more. For general information go to http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/fob-info/.

Getting there: Driving directions and USC campus parking map: http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/wp-content/themes/2014-FOB/pdf/ParkingMap.pdf  FREE public shuttles will run in a continuous loop between Union Station and the USC campus. Or take advantage of the DASH “F” line to reach the USC campus.

About the Author

Dr. Steve Ryan, PhD, is a former A-Fib patient, a noted healthcare educator and advocate for patients suffering from the heart condition Atrial Fibrillation. In 2002, Dr. Ryan started Atrial Fibrillation: Resources for Patients (www.A-Fib.com) a source of independent, well-researched information on current and emerging treatments, resources and medical research, written in plain language for patients and their families. He is also author of the book, Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure, available at Amazon.com, other online booksellers and the author's book site, www.BeatYourA-Fib.com.

Dr. Ryan earned his Ph.D. in Educational Communications from the Ohio State University and for many years taught film and television courses at the college level. He and his wife, Patti, live in Malibu, California. For a more detailed background, see Steve S. Ryan, PhD on LinkedIn.

Online Media Kit at http://beatyoura-fib.com/Press.html