Shawn Stewart Ruff | |
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| Born | July 19, 1959 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, editor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Cincinnati |
| Period | 1990s-present |
| Notable works | Finlater |
| Notable awards | Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction, 2008 |
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Shawn Stewart Ruff (born July 19, 1959) is an American novelist and editor, [1] who won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Debut Fiction at the 21st Lambda Literary Awards in 2008 for his debut novel Finlater. [2] He has since published the novels Toss and Whirl and Pass (2010) [3] GJS II (2016), [4] Days Running (2025), [5] and the novella One/10th (2013).
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He was previously editor of the anthology Go the Way Your Blood Beats: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Fiction by African-American Writers (1996), [6] which was a shortlisted nominee for the Lambda Literary Award for Fiction Anthologies at the 9th Lambda Literary Awards in 1997.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, he studied English literature at the University of Cincinnati. He is currently based in New York City. [7]
He is also an established beauty, fashion and lifestyle copywriter, having worked for such iconic brands as Chanel, Estee Lauder and Bergdorf Goodman.[ citation needed ]
