External links
- Official website
- Laura Ruby at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- One Thing Leads to Another: An Interview with Laura Ruby
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| Occupation | Author, professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable awards | Printz Award (2016) |
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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]
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]
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]
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]
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