About the Authors

​​Michael S. Ryan is an award-winning musician and Kristen Herrington is a prolific abstract artist. They have been travelling as a couple for the past decade and began creating art together in 2019 with Herrington developing a painting for every song from Ryan’s first solo album From the Bottoms of Our Murky Hearts.

As the frontman and songwriter for The Town Heroes, Ryan has toured the world and released 6 albums. He enjoys eating samples at grocery stores, walking fast, and giving boisterous thumbs up gestures in applicable situations. Growing up in a farming community where cows outnumber people, Herrington draws upon life’s simple moments as inspiration for her paintings. Her interests range in spectrum from politics to petting zoos, bringing versatility to her creative approach.

They live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with their cat George and a revolving cast of fosters from the SPCA. You and Me is their first co-authored book. 

About the Book

You and Me
Travel, Misadventures, and Love Around the World

​You and Me is a laugh-out-loud compilation of travel stories by husband and wife creatives, Michael S. Ryan and Kristen Herrington. From the textured rainforest of Costa Rica to the streets of Bangkok, this book is about the journey of falling in love, at times beautifully evocative and at others wildly amusing. The authors give tips for wary travellers, and show quite definitely how wandering down the street following your nose is better than following the guidebook every time. 

Ryan and Herrington are true adventurers unafraid of diving head first into the spontaneity of the moment. They don their backpacks to hike a volcano in flip-flops, sprint through airports, encounter foreign drug dealers and take you places you’ve never imagined.  

The book is a perfect fit for readers who want to learn the art of people-watching and get out of resorts and into the busy marketplace. It is a gem for anyone planning their first trip overseas or simply wanting to escape into the myriad of destinations without leaving their armchair.
"This isn’t a book. This is a love letter. To travel; to the real world—the one with near-death blisters, almost shipwrecks, and fond memories of literal pant shitting—and most of all to a wife from her husband and to a husband from his wife. It’s touching, hilarious, heartfelt, horrifying, real. The perfect antidote for the real world."

​ —Morgan Murray, author of Dirty Birds
"Reading Michael and Kristen's book will make you feel drunk on Krazy Koconuts and as high as three giraffes standing on each other's heads. Their bond is stronger than Jose Canseco on steroids.
​If you enjoyed these metaphors, read the book.
Wait, or were they similes?
​Anyway. Read the book."

​ —Jonathan Torrens, Actor/Writer/Producer
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Reviews

"​This book is so entertaining, you will have many belly laughs. Mike and Kristen are the only 2 people that I know would tell us all about their misadventures. I have not laughed this hard in a very long time. Perfect read, helps you forget about the Pandemic. It is very well written, and from duck feet soup to Luietenant Dan making an appearance I have not been able to put it down.
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Money well spent cannot wait for the Audio book to come out."
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"​Laughed out loud pretty much the whole time. Cried a few too. 100% recommend for a fun, light-hearted read that will have you smiling the whole time."
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"A delightful collection of short stories that keep me chuckling. I'm trying to limit myself to one or two stories a night, because I don't want to finish it too quickly."
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"​Yes you should buy this book! It's Laugh Out Loud funny, interesting, and well written. Easy to find time to read because it is a collection of short stories."
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"​This read etched my laugh lines a little deeper. I did not want to put it down nor did I want it to end. If this book is your first time experiencing Kristen and Mike’s creativity, love story, and travel tips you’ll definitely want to check out Kristen Herrington’s artwork and Michael S Ryan’s music. The world is a better place with these two in it."
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"​Find yourself getting lost in the adventures no one wants to talk about. I’ve laughed out loud, & felt like I was a fly on the wall in with the authors during their travels. A great idea for any traveller, a perfect read on an airplane or beach, or your sofa dreaming you were on an airplane or a beach."
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"​Mike and Kristen have written such a sweet, funny, and entertaining book. They share fun stories of travel hits and misses and sprinkle in stories of the relationship that anchors it all. Really delightful."
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"Very talented couple, great laughs and real life shenanigans, you won't regret your purchase!!"
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