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Laura Ruby

ローラ・ルビー

Rōra Rubī

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
New Jersey → Chicago metropolitan area

Career

Occupations
Author, Professor
Active Years
2003-
Affiliations
Hamline University

Awards

Michael L. Printz Award
2016
Work: Bone Gap
Organization: American Library Association
Result: Winner
National Book Award for Young People's Literature
2015
Work: Bone Gap
Organization: National Book Foundation
Result: Finalist
National Book Award for Young People's Literature
2019
Work: Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
Organization: National Book Foundation
Result: Finalist
Edgar Award
2004
Work: Lily's Ghosts
Category: Juvenile
Organization: Mystery Writers of America
Result: Finalist

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bone Gap

2015 Coming-of-age mystery

A coming-of-age mystery about a kidnapping in a small Midwestern town, incorporating elements of mythology and magical realism.

beauty and perceptionmythologymagical realism

Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

2019 Historical fiction/YA

Story of a girl in an orphanage during World War II era.

warorphanssurvival

York: The Shadow Cipher

2017 Science fiction/Adventure

First in the York series, children solve a mysterious cipher.

puzzle-solvingalternate history

Bibliography

  • Lily’s Ghosts
  • Everything I Wanted to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume
  • I'm Not Julia Roberts
  • Good Girls
  • Play Me
  • Bad Apple
  • Bone Gap
  • Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
  • The Wall and the Wing
  • The Chaos King
  • York: The Shadow Cipher
  • York: The Clockwork Ghost
  • York: The Map of Stars

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lush and original prosegenre-blendingoddball
Recurring Motifs
mythological elementsmagical realismquest for identity

Legacy

Recognized as a key figure in YA literature after winning the Michael L. Printz Award, with multiple nominations and selections by Junior Library Guild.