My Book Is Live on Amazon!!!

How to Make Friends as an Adult is now available in paperback and eBook format.

Q: Why is it so hard to make friends as an adult?

A: It's not.

This short, entertaining, easily readable guide is the action plan you need. It does away with the filler found in many self-help books and gets right to the point in 5,300 words, a Q & A format, and a ton of personality that will make readers laugh out loud as they whiz through it.

You will learn about why the strategies that used to work for you don't anymore, how to change how you think about making friends, why it's so important to be a nexus, and how to build a community.

Ryan Kriger has moved to new cities a half-dozen times in his adult life: Seattle, Boston, Stamford, New York City, Washington DC, and finally Montpelier Vermont, a city of 8,000 where he knew no one. He knows what it's like to feel alone and isolated, and he doesn't like it one bit. That's why he developed an plan for making friends and finding a community, wherever you are. This book gives you that plan.

Every year, one in ten people relocate. Four million adults change cities for jobs. Three million students graduate college. Millions of people find themselves living in new cities, knowing no one, feeling isolated, and trying to make friends and find their community.

Whether you're new in town or just trying to find your people, this book is for you.
A lot of people say it's hard to make friends as an adult.

In my adult life I've picked up and started over in Seattle, Boston, New York City, Washington D.C., Stamford CT, and most recently, Montpelier, Vermont.

Along the way I've learned a few things about making friends and finding community,
​and now I'm sharing what I've learned.
Check out the SevenDays Article about me!

My talks at Three Penny Taproom in Montpelier and ArtsRiot in Burlington were huge successes.

They're about 30-40 minutes of me sharing my experiences and strategies for making friends,
and then a chance for people to mingle and make new friends.* Stay tuned for dates of future talks (they take place in late-autumn/winter).

If you want to receive updates on when I might be having the talk near you,
or even better if you'd like me to come to your town, send me a message!

*NOTE: This is not a "networking" event. Nothing wrong with networking, but that's not what this is about.