JP Ryan is an Irish educator, writer and artist living in Central Europe. He studied visual art in the nineties and later completed his postgraduate studies in Art Psychotherapy before working in various clinical settings and eventually moving abroad. With a subsequent career change, he currently delivers the Intercultural Studies and Business English programme at the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in the Czech Republic. He is also a teacher to elementary school students of varying grades. His primary passions are art, music and writing. His most recent writing and artwork have been published by Wordwell Press. 'The Welcome Guest': Christmas and the Irish. Ed. Salvador Ryan. Dublin: Wordwell Press.