Ryan Tate
THE PERSON BEHIND THE LETTERS
A Man Who Chose to
Write Through the Pain
Ryan Tate did not set out to be a writer. He set out simply to survive. After losing his fiancé Tommi to a sudden cardiac arrest in 2025, Ryan found himself inside grief so heavy it had no language. His therapist suggested letters. Ryan picked up a pen. What followed surprised them both entirely. Raw, honest, and deeply human, his writing does not perform grief. It lives inside it. Letters to Tommi is his first book, and it was never meant to be one. That is exactly what makes it matter.
MORE ABOUT Ryan
Ryan is British, private by nature, and fiercely protective of those he loves. He came to writing late, not through ambition but through necessity. Tommi was Finnish. Their relationship crossed borders, languages, and every obstacle the world placed between them. That love is what fills these pages. Ryan continues to write, not because it is easy, but because it is the one place where Tommi still feels close. He shares these letters for anyone who has loved someone completely and then had to figure out how to carry that love alone.