Born in 1952, Bryan was educated in Tiruchy, Tamilnadu, India, before joining The New College, Chennai, as a teacher of English in 1975. He has been in Oman, as teacher and Administrator since 2004.

Bryan was awarded a Ph. D. in English by the University of Madras, in March 2010, for his work on the Anglo-Indian community, as it is represented in the pages of recent English fiction.

Bryan’s first book, a novel entitled, No Accident , was published in June 2011.
This is his second publication, in the form of 2 plays: Daniel, please which takes a look at the not-so-noble world of college-level teaching, and Upside Down which explores the abiding Anglo-Indian question–to be or not to be.