Shawn Stewart Ruff

{{short description|American novelist and editor (born 1959)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox writer

|image = Shawn Stewart Ruff.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|7|19}}

| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

| occupation = Novelist, editor

| period = 1990s-present

| nationality = American

| alma_mater = University of Cincinnati

| notableworks = Finlater

| awards = Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction, 2008

| website = {{url|shawnstewartruff.com}}

}}

Shawn Stewart Ruff (born July 19, 1959) is an American novelist and editor,Bond, Barbara, "Loading the canon". Lambda Book Report, Vol. 5 Issue 5 (November 1996), p. 10. who won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Debut Fiction at the 21st Lambda Literary Awards in 2008 for his debut novel Finlater.[http://www.glbtrt.ala.org/reviews/finlater/ "Finlater"]. American Library Association GLBT Reviews, November 12, 2009. He has since published the novels Toss and Whirl and Pass (2010)[http://www.dailyxtra.com/toronto/arts-and-entertainment/shawn-stewart-ruffs-second-novel-toss-and-whirl-and-pass-award-worthy-5828 "Shawn Stewart Ruff's second novel Toss and Whirl and Pass award-worthy"] Xtra!, November 3, 2010. GJS II (2016),[http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2016/03/gjs-ii-by-shawn-stewart-ruff/ "‘GJS II’ By Shawn Stewart Ruff"]. Out Smart, March 2, 2016. Days Running (2025),[https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781635902235/days-running Days Running] and the novella One/10th (2013).

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),Barnett, Pamela E., "Go the Way Your Blood Beats". Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 17 Issue 2 (Summer 1997), p301. 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.[http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=books&article=415 "Boys in love"]. Bay Area Reporter, November 20, 2008.

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|date=October 2016}}