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KYLE RIPTON
Kyle is an accomplished author, poet, screenwriter, who is driven by an incredible passion for artistic self-expression.
About kyle
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Kyle Ripton is an accomplished artist driven by an incredible passion for self-expression, his unique blend of writing to create unforgettable characters. Born in Waterloo, New York, and raised in Marana/Tucson, Arizona, Kyle spent his early years creating short stories, building tree forts, and drawing for family and friends. He vividly remembers watching Hogan's Heroes, Star Trek, and Gilligan's Island, while playing with his little green army men, dreaming of the day he grows up to become a soldier himself. Kyle signed up for the delayed entry program of the United States Army a year before he graduated from high school and left Arizona in 1986 to attend Army Basic Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He then moved to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to train as a Combat Medic and then moved onto Fort McClellan, Alabama, to train as a Military Policeman. From there, he deployed and was stationed overseas in Mannheim, Germany, during the COLD WAR. Kyle's love of writing and singing was uncontrollably leading him to his passion for the big screen. Reading every screenplay he could find, Kyle learned to write manuscripts, which he later published. When he wasn't writing, he listened to different bands practicing in the sound rooms of Germany's studios until his audition with the band "Alert," landing the lead singer's position, working small gigs to save up enough money, and pursue his love of writing. Studying people, listening to their stories, and write about them, singing for the band, all while proudly serving his country, "I became a student of life," he recalls. Two years later, Kyle married, left the band, but was soon deployed to Desert Storm (GULF WAR), essentially ending his marriage. Attending college, entering Desert Shield, Kyle remarried and deployed to Darmstadt, Germany, where his unit forward deployed to Bosnia Herzegovina. Continuing his writing of short stories and screenplays, he auditioned for any productions that would see him but did not land any significant roles to take his career to the big screen and attended college overseas. Kyle was then re-deployed back to the United States, where he became stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. Kyle's career in the Army began to consume him as he rose high in the ranks, commanding his presence as a leader of troops and his units need for him to deploy more frequently to Bosnia, Kosovo, Korea (DMZ), and then to Iraq, where he was injured. After his retirement in 2005, Kyle wrote and published the novel's (2006) "Diaries of a Soldier, nightmares from within" and (2009) "Tunnels, what we did as kids." It was in 2010 when Kyle divorced his second wife, slipped into a deep depression, and became homeless. "Living life on the streets was difficult, but it was my writing that brought me back from certain death," Kyle adds. In 2011, Kyle wrote and published the novel and script for the feature film; he would go on to direct, produce, and have a cameo in called, "Desperate Situation, Broken of Distinguished Insanity (2012)." In 2012, Kyle remarried and began work on a new children's book series called "TREES," and would go on to write and publish the children's books "The Mourning Tree (2011), Amber's Pear (2012), Apple Seeds (TBD), Blossom Beautifully (TBD), Dogwood (TBD), and then the novel The Coin Collector (2016)." Fast-forward to 2016, Kyle's latest work is the novel and script for his next movie, "The Coin Collector." The Coin Collector is a story about a wealthy Italian family and a serial killer tangled in a harrowing world of hidden secrets, deception, lawlessness, gold, diamonds, and more, under the cloak of mother earth. Kyle has received numerous awards for his imaginative storytelling and insightful nonfiction work. We invite you to pull up a comfortable chair and explore Kyle's work. Kyle focused on his newest work, in a series of children's self-help books he hopes will grace the libraries and classrooms of schoolhouses around the world. Publishing his first in this series is "The Mourning Tree." A subtle and simple way for children to understand the loss of a loved one, followed by "Amber's Pear," teaching that not everything that glitters is gold, others are to follow soon for your enjoyment. Kyle is working to reach out to the deaf and blind readers, providing his work in a variety of formats that help those with disabilities to expand their creativity through reading and writing. Kyle just published the new Syfy series LURKING. So, we welcome you to come in and enjoy the work of Kyle Ripton.
AUTHOR IN THE NEWS
- Author publishes the new Syfy series LURKING, with the fourth book coming out in 2021.
- Film-production of Amber's Pear 2020
- Film-production of The Mourning Tree 2019
- Film-production of Desperate Situation 2013
- Xlibris Radio–June 2010
- Fort Hood Sentinel–April 2006
- Marana Weekly News–October 2009
- Arizona Daily Star–October 2009
- Gladden Farms Newsletter–2009
- Google News Site–2008 & 2009
- Barnes & Noble–2006 - 2019
- Amazon–2006 - 2019
- Yahoo–2009
- Author Nation–2009
- Literary Society–2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
FROM THE FANS
Janice R. from New York asked, what was the meaning behind the statement Desperate Situation on the front of the novel?
"Janice - that's a great question. While writing the novel, I was going through a very intense and hurtful divorce that took me into another world outside of PTSD. The term stated (Broken of Distinguished Insanity) was a challenging part of the divorce, where I became homeless, then hospitalized for several TIA's - known as Transient ischemic attack (TIA), which ultimately lead to my actual stroke, and then a heart attack. The insanity involved with all thirteen-TIA's has nonetheless changed my life forever. My distinguished career in law enforcement and as a soldier on the rise took a fatal downward spiral. -- Kyle Ripton"
Derek M. from Arizona asked why I named the novel Desperate Situation?
"Derek - great question. At the time, my divorce took an extreme and Desperate turn on my life, ending literally everything I had accomplished and worked so hard to build for my family at the time. The chaos that ensued ended forty-three years of my life in a matter of minutes, all over a cheating wife. Sometimes, we think we know someone, but it was my fault for not knowing that my wife was cheating for nearly sixteen years of what I thought was the perfect marriage. -- Kyle Ripton"
Adam J. from Pennsylvania asked, will there be a sequel to the novel?
"Adam - that is a great question. At the moment, I have no plans to revisit the novel or re-injure my heart over the devastation the divorce has caused me. However, I wish those in my past a blessed life, and I forgive them and myself for any harm I may have caused. I would like to add that once the novel was finished, published, and the files locked, it felt as though a huge burden lifted off my shoulders. -- Kyle Ripton"
Jeron H. of Texas asked what makes you an expert in the field of study you quoted in the novel?
"Jeran - that is an amazing question. I do not nor will I ever call myself an expert in a medical field of study, which is why I cited the medical references from professional people that have the knowledge and training experience to gauge my medical conditions and the general public. However, my experience comes with two long-term marriages that ultimately turned into divorces. -- Kyle Ripton"
Alexa S. from New Mexico asked, where is your life now?
"Alexa - great question and complex. This is something that has taken me on a personal level. At the moment, I am residing in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with my new wife, life, and adventure. Although I now live with extreme medical issues that could take my life at any moment, I try to keep as positive as possible by caring, loving, giving, helping any way I can. Basically, I have restarted my life ending at forty-three years and starting over. -- Kyle Ripton"
AWARDS & TESTIMONIALS
- "I just finished reading The Tapernackey Express and can't stop laughing at some of the content you put in your storyline. I absolutely love the way Pio and Valeria oppose each other than makeup for it in private."
-- Kristina Waterfield, Hartford, CT
- Oh my gosh, your publication of Diaries of a Soldier is divine. Thank you for your service."
-- Sara Evans (not the singer :) Midwest City, OK
- "Hello, Kyle, Your rendition of Tunnels, what we did as kids were so funny at times, at had to stop reading just to go pee before I peed my pants from laughter. A very funny novel, I must say."
-- Arron Tillman
- Kyle was the International Poetry Societies Ambassador for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
- Some of his fans write – “Kyle’s love of writing and acting is infectious,” said one fan at a recent film shoot, “Once you see him work, you want to find everything that he has appeared in or written.”
-- Leslie Patterson, Sacramento, California
- “This writer has the ability to captivate you and draw you into his work. Amazing work. You have to see it for yourself. I couldn’t put the book down.”
-- Sandy Wilfred, New York
- “This writer took me back to my childhood in a good way. I laughed so hard while reading Tunnels, what we did as kids; I nearly wet my pants from laughing so hard.”
-- A. G. Smith, Producer
- “Definitely took me back and worth reading.”
-- Shelby Mullins, South Carolina
- “Can’t wait to see the rest of your work that is coming. Your work made me think back to just how simple life can be if we only stop to smell the roses every now and then.”
-- Cheryl Cordaro, Arizona
The Tapernackey Express
The circus is coming to town, and so has Valeria and Pio. Two individuals from entirely different lifestyles coming together in a love-hate relationship that will leave you in stitches. The story setting is in the late 1800s, where a young entrepreneur travels from Mexico to Wisconsin and encounters much more than he bargained for the moment he stepped off the train. Join us on a journey of love, hate, fun, and despair—a western comedy to tickle your fancy pants.
NOVEL'S
DESPERATE SITUATION, broken of distinguished insanity
DESPERATE SITUATION, broken of distinguished insanity
DESPERATE SITUATION, broken of distinguished insanity
Eighteen years of a seemingly perfect marriage left me utterly speechless as to the abrupt ending to my
"happily ever after."
Family, neighbors, and friends weren’t able to see it coming, nor could I ever have imagined my life would come to an end ever so quickly after eighteen years of thinking you truly knew someone–or did they already know and I was duped? Although there were the typical family spats, nothing could ever prepare me for the type of devastation that would turn my world completely upside down on one particular day, January 14th, 2010--my birthday. One Hell of a birthday present, I’d have to say.
The Tapernackey Express
DESPERATE SITUATION, broken of distinguished insanity
DESPERATE SITUATION, broken of distinguished insanity
The circus is coming to town, and so has Valeria and Pio. Two individuals from entirely different lifestyles coming together in a love-hate relationship that will leave you in stitches. The story setting is in the late 1800s, where a young entrepreneur travels from Mexico to Wisconsin and encounters much more than he bargained for the moment he stepped off the train. Join us on a journey of love, hate, fun, and despair—a western comedy to tickle your fancy pants.
The Coin Collector, life after death
DESPERATE SITUATION, broken of distinguished insanity
The Coin Collector, life after death
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In the early 1800s, Rubo Mantovani, an immigrant from Italy, decided to settle in what was then called Naco, Arizona.
While other immigrants continued to California during the Gold Rush, Rubo stayed the course and saved up enough money to eventually buy up 2,500 acres of land in the desert.
Little did he know, while mining on his property, he would dig up a mother lode of wealth that required complete secrecy.
During a massive buildup of Mexican cartels along the Mexican/American borders of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
Bloody battles over shipments of guns, drugs, and money across international borders causing hostilities.
This problem spilled over and onto Rubo Mantovani's property.
Caught in the middle of these wars were sometimes families of
Day-Crossers, trying to seek refuge in the United States at a high cost.
Subject to the rule of Cartels, Day-crossers were forced to carry the guns, drugs, and money back and forth across these borders in exchange for safe and free passage into the wonderland of hope.
Families are often subjected to beatings, torture, rape, and even death, should anyone of them refuse to do the Cartel’s bidding.
Hundreds of tunnels were built to maximize the bulk needed to feed the ever-growing American appetite for drugs.
Day-crosser’s who were wealthy enough could buy their way through the Cartel run tunnels.
They were saving themselves the long walk through treacherous terrain, blistering heat, hunger, thirst, and even death.
Rumors spread by those who were captured and lucky enough to be returned to Mexico, that entire family members came missing the moment they crossed the border.
Some told of whole families who were mutilated by a giant desert animal, sparking one of the most bizarre and unsolved cases of missing people in history.
Those who came up missing became the artwork of an elusive serial killer.
Someone who liked to display his work, for all to see, and honor.
In return, their killer used their body parts in a forged ceremonial gold coin of death.
Follow this epic horror story that will have you wondering if you’re going to be The Coin Collector’s next victim?
Scratch, the Abigail Morgan Story
Diaries of a Soldier, nightmares from within
The Coin Collector, life after death
Cecil Morgan, the owner of Civet Coffee, the most expensive coffee in the world, suddenly dies and leaves the entire estate to his only daughter.
Intruders are breaking into the abandoned home of Cecil Morgan.
Assuming no one was occupying the large house, they are met face to face with Annabelle Hobbs and Abigail Morgan.
One relentless intruder stumbles upon the Morgan secret wealth and vows to divulge the information of its true nature to everyone.
Tunnels, what we did as kids
Diaries of a Soldier, nightmares from within
Diaries of a Soldier, nightmares from within
Growing up, I found myself reflecting on the past, where I was raised.
My heart kept dragging me back to the place I once called home some forty years ago.
I visited the local town of Tucson, Arizona, where my heart yearning for answers to “Whatever happened to that place? Is it still there? Are any of my old friends still living there?”
During my childhood, many days were spent out front of the house, at that big old Palo Verde tree alone, because I didn’t have very many friends, like my siblings Chris and Kathy.
Unless you considered the countless fictional friends I talk to and play with when I wanted a friend.
My childhood was that of both pain and pleasure. I was living far out in the Arizona desert, leaving nothing to do but catching an occasional lizard or laying waste to ants, with my Sun God, magnifying glass.
Diaries of a Soldier, nightmares from within
Diaries of a Soldier, nightmares from within
Diaries of a Soldier, nightmares from within
Have you ever wondered why things are the way they are in your life? Well, I have struggled for years to figure out the riddles.
Fighting through life was not the answer until one day, I came to grips with myself, that life has its destiny written into the scriptures for me.
I thought life was nothing more than a box of puzzle pieces set aside just for me to figure out, giving in to the wants and copious desires, called traps.
If you think that you have problems, you should try on my shoes for a day and see if you can handle the demons.
Diaries of a Soldier is a fascinating true story told through the eyes of a soldier before, during, and after his military service ended.
This is not just any ordinary story of a person’s life.
It is how one man came to grips with his demons by learning how to recognize mistakes.
This authentic and factual story tells in graphic detail the struggles of everyday life, intimate details of his daily trials and tribulations.
This professional soldier took the worst of any situation and made it work to his advantage.
Turning everything into a vast array of knowledge, he used to train thousands of soldiers.
Motivating them to learn to stay alive in combat and come back and stay alive in this cruel world.