Laura Ruby
{{Short description|American author}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Laura Ruby
| occupation = Author, professor
| nationality = American
| awards = Printz Award (2016)
| website = {{URL|lauraruby.com}}
}}
Laura Ruby is an American author of twelve books, including Bone Gap (2015), winner of the 2016 Michael L. Printz Award{{cite web|title='Bone Gap' wins 2016 Printz Award|url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/01/bone-gap-wins-2016-printz-award|website=ALA News|publisher=American Library Association|access-date=March 12, 2017}} and finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2015_ypl_ruby.html#.WMYa-KL-vIU|title= 2015 National Book Award Finalist, Young People's Literature|publisher=National Book Foundation|access-date=March 13, 2017}} She is also a professor at Hamline University.
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".{{cite web|last1=Meloy|first1=Maile|title='Bone Gap', by Laura Ruby|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/books/review/bone-gap-by-laura-ruby.html?_r=0|work=New York Times|access-date=February 14, 2018|date=May 8, 2015}} In an interview with Publishers Weekly, Ruby characterized her award-winning novel as an "oddball" book that doesn't fit neatly into one genre.{{cite web|title=An 'Amazing' Honor for an 'Oddball' Book: Laura Ruby on Winning the 2016 Printz|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/69125-an-amazing-honor-for-an-oddball-book-laura-ruby-on-winning-the-2016-printz.html|publisher=Publishers Weekly|access-date=February 14, 2018|date=January 12, 2016}}
Biography
Ruby grew up in New Jersey, and now lives in the Chicago metropolitan area.{{cite web|last1=Ruby|first1=Laura|title=Laura: Beefier Bio|url=http://www.lauraruby.com/bio.php#beefier|website=Author Laura Ruby|access-date=March 12, 2017}}
She is a faculty member at Hamline University in the low-residency MFA program in writing for children and young adults.{{cite web |title=Laura Ruby |url=http://www.hamline.edu/faculty/laura-ruby.html |access-date=March 12, 2017 |website=Hamline University |publisher=}}{{Cite web |title=Laura Ruby |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/people/laura-ruby/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=National Book Foundation |language=en-US}}
She teaches fantasy writing workshops for children's authors at Highlights.{{cite web|title=Laura Ruby, Faculty|url=https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/272/laura-ruby|publisher=Highlights Foundation|access-date=March 13, 2017}}
Awards and honors
Ruby's books and audiobooks constitute seven Junior Library Guild selections: Bone Gap (audiobook and book) (2015),{{Cite web |title=Bone Gap by Laura Ruby |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780062317605J&name=Bone_Gap |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Junior Library Guild}}{{Cite web |title=Bone Gap (Audiobook) by Laura Ruby |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781936129461J&name=Bone_Gap_(Audiobook) |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Junior Library Guild}} The Shadow Cipher (2017),{{Cite web |title=York: Book One, The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780062306937J&name=Shadow_Cipher |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Junior Library Guild}} The Clockwork Ghost (2019),{{Cite web |title=The Clockwork Ghost: York by Laura Ruby |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780062306968J&name=Clockwork_Ghost |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Junior Library Guild}} Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All (audiobook and book) (2020),{{Cite web |title=Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780062317643J&name=Thirteen_Doorways_Wolves_Behind_Them_All |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Junior Library Guild}}{{Cite web |title=Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All (Audiobook) by Laura Ruby |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781970040203J&name=Thirteen_Doorways_Wolves_Behind_Them_All_(Audiobook) |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Junior Library Guild}} and The Map of Stars (2020).{{Cite web |title=The Map of Stars: York by Laura Ruby |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780062306999J&name=Map_of_Stars |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Junior Library Guild}}
In 2015, Bone Gap was named one of the best books of the year by Bank Street College of Education,{{Cite web |title=Best Children’s Books of the Year {{!}} Fourteen and Older {{!}} 2016 Edition |url=https://d2mguk73h8xisw.cloudfront.net/media/filer_public/filer_public/2016/03/01/2016fourteen-up_1617.pdf |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Bank Street College of Education}} Chicago Public Library,{{Cite web |title=Best Teen Fiction of 2015 |url=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/200121216/550715137 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Chicago Public Library |language=en-US}} Locus,{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-02-01 |title=2015 Locus Recommended Reading List |url=https://locusmag.com/2016/02/2015-locus-recommended-reading-list/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}} the New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly,{{Cite web |title=Best Books of 2015 |url=https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2015/young-adult |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Publishers Weekly}} and School Library Journal.{{Cite web |last= |date=2015-11-24 |title=Best Books 2015: Bone Gap {{!}} Young Adult |url=https://www.slj.com/story/best-books-2015-bone-gap-young-adult |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=School Library Journal}}
In 2017, The Shadow Cipher was named one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Public Library,{{Cite web |title=Best Fiction for Older Readers of 2017 |url=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/200049033/1081298727 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Chicago Public Library |language=en-US}} New York Public Library,{{Cite web |date=2017-11-20 |title=New York Public Library Announces Its Best Books of 2017 for Kids and Teens |url=https://www.nypl.org/press/new-york-public-library-announces-its-best-books-2017-kids-and-teens |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=The New York Public Library |language=en}} and Los Angeles Public Library.
In 2019, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All was named one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Public Library,Locus,{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-02-01 |title=2019 Locus Recommended Reading List |url=https://locusmag.com/2020/02/2019-locus-recommended-reading-list/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}} NPR,{{Cite web |title=Books We Love |url=https://apps.npr.org/best-books/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=NPR |language=en-US}} School Library Journal, Shelf Awareness,{{Cite web |date=2019-11-26 |title=Our 2019 Best Children's & Teen Books of the Year |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=871#m15271 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Shelf Awareness}} and Tor.com.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Alex |date=2019-12-12 |title=Best Young Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror of 2019 |url=https://www.tor.com/2019/12/12/best-young-adult-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-of-2019/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Tor.com |language=en-US}}
Published works
= Standalone books =
- Lily’s Ghosts (2003)
- Everything I Wanted to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume (2006)
- I'm Not Julia Roberts (2007)
- Good Girls (2006)
- Play Me (2008)
- Bad Apple (2009)
- Bone Gap (2015)
- Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All (2019)
= ''York'' series =
- York: The Shadow Cipher (2017)
- York: The Clockwork Ghost (2019)
- York: The Map of Stars (2020)
= ''The Wall and the Wing'' series =
- The Wall and the Wing (2006)
- The Chaos King (2007)
References
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External links
- [http://www.lauraruby.com/ Official website]
- {{ISFDB name|name=Laura Ruby}}
- [http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2015/04/02/one-thing-leads-to-another-an-interview-with-laura-ruby/ One Thing Leads to Another: An Interview with Laura Ruby]
{{Michael L. Printz Award Winners}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:Hamline University faculty
Category:American women novelists
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:Novelists from Minnesota