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Born in Waterloo, New York and raised in Marana, Arizona, Kyle Ripton had spent his early years creating short stories and drawing for family and friends. Kyle spent his summers building tree forts and thinking up new stories to write about. He vividly remembers watching Hogan's Heroes and Gilligan's Island while playing with his little green army men and dreaming of the day he grows up and can be a soldier himself. Ever since his earliest days, he was fascinated with writing and acting as well as the military way of life.
Kyle left Arizona in 1986 to attend Army Basic Training in South Carolina. He then moved onto advanced training at the Fort McClellan, Alabama where he graduated from Military Police School and was shipped over to Germany. However, he could not escape the allure of books and his love for the big screen and quickly began writing down all the thoughts that came to him as it happened in real life as well as writing lyrics and music. He began reading every screenplay he could find and learning to write manuscripts to later publish while listening to different bands practicing in the sound rooms of studios. From romance novels to contemporary film, Kyle's love of writing, acting, and singing was uncontrollable. Kyle soon auditioned for a lead singer’s position with the band "Alert" and soon took on the lead singer’s position to get enough money to buy a computer for writing his novels.
Kyle was excited to be in Germany as a soldier serving his country proudly and a singer, where he could study people, and listen to their stories and write about them while singing for the band. "I became a student of life", he recalls. Two years later, Kyle married, left the band, and was honorably discharged when his tour of duty ended and he returned to Arizona where he divorced his first wife of three years. Kyle then continued his writing of short stories and screenplays while auditioning for any production that would see him. Although he didn't land any big parts, Kyle still pursued his writing career, while producing and directing many of his own films for the silver screen.
It wasn't 2009 that he landed a major role as the director / producer / actor of his first documentary film "Desperate Situation, Broken of Distinguished Insanity." Kyle went on to direct and produce the full feature horror film "The Coin Collector" in 2010 a blockbuster thriller, and is currently producing and directing the movies "Tunnels, what we did as kids" and "The TaberNackey Express," earning him considerable acclaim and earned several glowing reviews. Since that time, Kyle has appeared around the United States at book signing fairs.
Kyle is now working on his first leading role in a major motion picture, which is due to be completed early 2011. "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".
- Leslie Patterson



AUTHOR IN THE NEWS:

• Fort Hood Sentinel--April 2006
• Marana Weekly News--October 2009
• Arizona Daily Star--October 2009
• Gladden Farms News Letter--2009
• Google News Site--2008 & 2009
• Barnes & Noble--2006 & 2009
• Amazon--2006 & 2009
• Yahoo--2009
• Author Nation--2009
• Literary Society--2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

BLOG
http://www.kyleripton.wordpress.com

Kyle Ripton is an accomplished author, poet, actor, and singer who are driven by an incredible passion for self-expression. His roles are often noted for their unique blend of passion, grace, and fire. As a nonfiction writer, Kyle has created characters that are unforgettable.
Kyle has published such works as Diaries of a Soldier; nightmares from within, Tunnels, what we did as kids; MPOC Law Enforcement training course; LEOTP training course; DSGT training course; FMC training course; and films such as The Coin Collector and Desperate Situation. Kyle was the International Poetry Societies Ambassador for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. He has also served his country honorably for eighteen years before being retiring from the US Army in 2005 due to injuries he sustained in combat while serving his country proudly. With a great deal of his time devoted to screenwriting and movie production, Kyle has been able to produce and direct some of the most profound films being released today.

Content copyright 2011. Kyle Ripton. All rights reserved.



Books
"This writer has the ability to captivate you and draw you into his work. Amazing work. You have to see 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 thing back to just how simple life can be if we only stop to smell the roses every now and then." - Cheryl Cordaro, Arizona

• Tunnels; what we did as kids

• Diaries of a Soldier; nightmares from within

• The Morning Tree

• The TaperNackey Express

• The Coin Collector

• Mind Games

• Storming the Gates of Heaven and Hell; a lifetime crucifixion

• The Poplar Tree Fairy

• Desperate Situation

• The Token Key

• Her Secret Affair

• Lone Patriot

• Crumbling Nation

• Steaming Hot Clips

• White Wine & Rain

• Spies; the secret lives of spouses

• All in the family

• And the war goes on

• And then they came

• Chamber of Lust

• Texas Sized Romance part 1

• Texas Sized Romance part 2

• The Mating Game

• What Happened to the World (not for release)

• By the Children, For the Children

• Zamber Fri Kids

• Kala Cata

• Modern Day King

• Racism from another perspective

• Slavery in the Millennium

• The reality of it all

• Peace within you

• Millennium Force Productions Talent Agency Management Training DVD

• PTSD (Combat-Post Traumatic Stress Disorders)

• Chronic This, Chronic That

• Making a Miens with Yourself

• The Thinker

• Blood Candy

• Candy Racer

• Primed and Ready

• The Dingo Squad

• With a Vengeance

• Circumference

• Mind Tripping

• Such Sweet Revenge You'll Regret Forever

• Home Front Terrors

• Italian Cooking

• Russian Cooking

• Men can cook in 30-minutes or less

GOVERNMENT / LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS:

• The Practical Guide to the Military Spouse

• MPOC-Military Police Orientation Course

• LEOTP-Law Enforcement Orientation and Training Program

• DSGTC-Desk Sergeants Training Course

• FMC-Fleet Managers Course

• PTSD VIDEO -Video of the effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders in combat.

Movies

•The TaperNacky Express
Enjoy the slapstick comedy of a young man and woman that can't stand to be around each other in public, but when they are alone, let the sparks fly wide in this hilariously funny comedy western.

•The Coin Collector
Based on a true story of a serial killer that has never been captured to this day, who feeds on the illegal immigration that comes into his territory, only to find them as a part of his priceless gold coin collection.

•Tunnels, what we did as kids
A true story of two brothers that live in a small country town in Arizona and the crazy things they did as kids that drew people from all around just to admire their ingenuity.

•Desperate Situation
Based on a true story of drama, deception, infidelity, and the total destruction of one man’s life during a divorce and how he tried all he could to recover from a vengeful ex-wife that did all she could to rid him of this world all for greed.

•The Poplar Tree Fairy
A fun loving fairy tale story or a king fairy that tries to recruit kids into helping him save his home from total destruction by an overly zealous construction contractor that wants to destroy all that stands in his way to build his high rise buildings.