Laura Ruby

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Laura Ruby
OccupationAuthor, professor
NationalityAmerican
Notable awards Printz Award (2016)
Website
lauraruby.com

Laura Ruby is an American author of twelve books, including Bone Gap (2015), winner of the 2016 Michael L. Printz Award [1] and finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. [2] She is also a professor at Hamline University. [3] [4]

Contents

Bone Gap is a coming-of-age mystery about a kidnapping in a small Midwestern town, and it incorporates elements of mythology and magical realism. The New York Times Book Review called it a "lush and original young adult novel". [5] In an interview with Publishers Weekly , Ruby characterized her award-winning novel as an "oddball" book that doesn't fit neatly into one genre. [6]

Biography

Ruby grew up in New Jersey, and now lives in the Chicago metropolitan area. [7]

She is a faculty member at Hamline University in the low-residency MFA program in writing for children and young adults. [3] [4]

She teaches fantasy writing workshops for children's authors at Highlights. [8]

Awards and honors

Ruby's books and audiobooks constitute seven Junior Library Guild selections: Bone Gap (audiobook and book) (2015), [9] [10] The Shadow Cipher (2017), [11] The Clockwork Ghost (2019), [12] Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All (audiobook and book) (2020), [13] [14] and The Map of Stars (2020). [15]

In 2015, Bone Gap was named one of the best books of the year by Bank Street College of Education, [16] Chicago Public Library, [17] Locus , [18] the New York Public Library, [9] Publishers Weekly , [19] and School Library Journal . [20]

In 2017, The Shadow Cipher was named one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Public Library, [21] New York Public Library, [22] and Los Angeles Public Library. [11]

In 2019, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All was named one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Public Library, [13] Locus, [23] NPR, [24] School Library Journal, [13] Shelf Awareness , [25] and Tor.com. [26]

Literary awards for Ruby's writing
YearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef.
2004Lily's Ghosts Edgar Award Juvenile Finalist
2007The Chaos King Cybils Award Elementary and Middle Grade Speculative FictionFinalist [27]
2012Bad Apple Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults —Selection [28]
2015 Bone Gap Booklist Editors' Choice Books for YouthSelection [29]
Cybils Award Young Adult Speculative FictionFinalist [30]
National Book Award Young People's Literature Finalist [31] [4] [32]
Nebula Award Andre Norton Award Finalist [33] [34] [35]
2016 ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults —Selection [36]
Michael L. Printz Award —Winner [37] [38] [39]
The Shadow Cipher ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults —Selection [40]
2019 Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All Booklist Editors' Choice Books for YouthSelection [41]
Geffen Award Translated Fantasy BookFinalist [42]
National Book Award Young People's Literature Finalist [43] [44] [4] [45]
2020 ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults —Selection [46]
Rise: A Feminist Book Project —Selection [47]

Published works

Standalone books

York series

The Wall and the Wing series

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  2. ↑ "2015 National Book Award Finalist, Young People's Literature". National Book Foundation. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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  6. ↑ "An 'Amazing' Honor for an 'Oddball' Book: Laura Ruby on Winning the 2016 Printz". Publishers Weekly. January 12, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
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