{{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 (novel)|Bone Gap]]'' (2015), winner of the 2016 [[Michael L. Printz Award]]<ref>{{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}}</ref> and finalist for the 2015 [[National Book Award for Young People's Literature]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> She is also a professor at [[Hamline University]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0" />
''Bone Gap'' is a [[Coming of age|coming-of-age]] [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] about a kidnapping in a small [[Midwestern United States|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".<ref>{{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}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'', Ruby characterized her award-winning novel as an "oddball" book that doesn't fit neatly into one genre.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Biography== Ruby grew up in [[New Jersey]], and now lives in the [[Chicago metropolitan area]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
She is a faculty member at [[Hamline University]] in the low-residency MFA program in writing for children and young adults.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |title=Laura Ruby |url=http://www.hamline.edu/faculty/laura-ruby.html |access-date=March 12, 2017 |website=[[Hamline University]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>
She teaches fantasy writing workshops for children's authors at [[Highlights (magazine)|''Highlights'']].<ref>{{cite web|title=Laura Ruby, Faculty|url=https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/272/laura-ruby|publisher=Highlights Foundation|access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref>
==Awards and honors== Ruby's books and audiobooks constitute seven [[Junior Library Guild]] selections: ''Bone Gap'' (audiobook and book) (2015),<ref name=":1">{{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]]}}</ref><ref>{{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]]}}</ref> ''The Shadow Cipher'' (2017),<ref name=":2">{{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]]}}</ref> ''The Clockwork Ghost'' (2019),<ref>{{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]]}}</ref> ''[[Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All]]'' (audiobook and book) (2020),<ref name=":3">{{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]]}}</ref><ref>{{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]]}}</ref> and ''The Map of Stars'' (2020).<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
In 2015, ''[[Bone Gap (novel)|Bone Gap]]'' was named one of the best books of the year by [[Bank Street College of Education]],<ref>{{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]]}}</ref> [[Chicago Public Library]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> ''[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]]'',<ref>{{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}}</ref> the [[New York Public Library]],<ref name=":1" /> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'',<ref>{{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]]}}</ref> and ''[[School Library Journal]]''.<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
In 2017, ''The Shadow Cipher'' was named one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Public Library,<ref>{{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}}</ref> New York Public Library,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and [[Los Angeles Public Library]].<ref name=":2" />
In 2019, ''[[Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All]]'' was named one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Public Library,<ref name=":3" />''Locus'',<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[NPR]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Books We Love |url=https://apps.npr.org/best-books/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[NPR]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ''School Library Journal'',<ref name=":3" /> ''[[Shelf Awareness]]'',<ref>{{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]]}}</ref> and [[Tor.com]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+Literary awards for Ruby's writing !Year !Title !Award !Category !Result !Ref. |- !2004 |''Lily's Ghosts'' |[[Edgar Awards|Edgar Award]] |[[Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile|Juvenile]] |Finalist | |- !2007 |{{Sort|Chaos King|''The Chaos King''}} |[[Cybils Award]] |Elementary and Middle Grade Speculative Fiction |Finalist |<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=2007 Cybils Finalists |url=https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2007-cybils-finalists |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321211228/https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2007-cybils-finalists |archive-date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2023-03-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- !2012 |''Bad Apple'' |[[Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults]] |— |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-05-24 |title=Bad Apple {{!}} Awards & Grants |url=https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/bad-apple |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[American Library Association]]}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="4" |2015 | rowspan="6" |''[[Bone Gap (novel)|Bone Gap]]'' |[[Booklist Editors' Choice]] |Books for Youth |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-01 |title=Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2015 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=7944842 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Booklist]]}}</ref> |- |[[Cybils Award]] |Young Adult Speculative Fiction |Finalist |<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=2015 Cybils Finalists |url=https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2015-cybils-finalists |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325015058/https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2015-cybils-finalists |archive-date=2023-03-25 |access-date=2023-03-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |[[National Book Award]] |[[National Book Award for Young People's Literature|Young People's Literature]] |Finalist |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andrews |first=Meredith |date=2016-03-01 |title=Laura Ruby Interviewed by Tim Manley |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/laura-ruby-interviewed-by-tim-manley/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[National Book Foundation]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-10-15 |title=Awards: National Book Award Finalists |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2613 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref> |- |[[Nebula Award]] |[[Andre Norton Award]] |Finalist |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award/andre-norton-award/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[The Nebula Awards]]® |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-05-15 |title=2015 Nebula Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2016/05/10777/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Locus Online]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-05-14 |title=Announcing the 2015 Nebula Award Winners |url=https://www.tor.com/2016/05/14/announcing-the-2015-nebula-award-winners/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Tor.com]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3" |2016 |[[American Library Association|ALA]] [[Best Fiction for Young Adults]] |— |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-01 |title=Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2016 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Best-Fiction-for-Young-Adults/pid=8007093 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Booklist]]}}</ref> |- |[[Michael L. Printz Award]] |— |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-11 |title=Printz Award Winner: 2016 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Printz-Award-Winner/pid=7999990 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Booklist]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Philippe |first=Kefira |title=New Year, Past Winners {{!}} Pondering Printz |url=https://www.slj.com/story/new-year-past-winners-pondering-printz-award-ya-prediction-kefira-philippe |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[School Library Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-01-15 |title=Ruby and Levithan Win ALA Awards |url=https://locusmag.com/2016/01/ruby-and-levithan-win-ala-awards/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Locus Online]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |''{{Sort|Shadow Cipher|The Shadow Cipher}}'' |[[ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults]] |— |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-02-13 |title=2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults |url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2018-best-fiction-young-adults |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Young Adult Library Services Association]] (YALSA) |language=en}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3" |2019 | rowspan="5" |''[[Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All]]'' |[[Booklist Editors' Choice]] |Books for Youth |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-01 |title=Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2019 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=9730083 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=<nowiki>[Booklist]]</nowiki>}}</ref> |- |[[Geffen Award]] |Translated Fantasy Book |Finalist |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-10-17 |title=2019 Geffen Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/10/2019-geffen-awards-winners/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Locus Online]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |[[National Book Award]] |[[National Book Award for Young People's Literature|Young People's Literature]] |Finalist |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andrews |first=Meredith |date=2019-10-07 |title=The 2019 National Book Awards Finalists Announced |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/the-2019-national-book-awards-finalists-announced/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[National Book Foundation]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Diane |first=Roback |date=2019-11-21 |title=2019 National Book Awards for Young People's Literature in Photos |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/81821-2019-national-book-awards-for-young-people-s-literature-in-photos.html |access-date=2019-11-22 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-10-09 |title=Awards: National Book Award Finalists |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3596 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" |2020 |[[ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults]] |— |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-15 |title=Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2020 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Best-Fiction-for-Young-Adults/pid=9732774 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Booklist]]}}</ref> |- |[[Rise: A Feminist Book Project]] |— |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-15 |title=Rise: A Feminist Book Project: 2020 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Rise-A-Feminist-Book-Project/pid=9732979 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Booklist]]}}</ref> |}
==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 (novel)|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== {{Reflist}}
==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}} {{authority control}}
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