Aryn Kyle (born January 22, 1978) is an American novelist and short story writer.
[2] Kyle’s first short story, “Foaling Season”, was published by The Atlantic Monthly and went on to win a 2004 National Magazine Award in fiction.
[3] “Foaling Season” became the first chapter of Kyle’s debut novel, The God of Animals, which was published by Scribner in March 2007 and became a national bestseller.
[4] The God of Animals is the story of Alice Winston, a young girl coming of age on her family’s rundown horse ranch.
The novel is set in the fictional town of Desert Valley, which Kyle based on Grand Junction, Colorado.