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Gwyn Hyman Rubio

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born

August 07, 1949 in The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.gwynrubio.com/

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Gwyn Hyman Rubio (born August 7, 1949 in Macon, Georgia) is an American author, best known for her novel Icy Sparks.

Rubio graduated from Florida State University in 1971 with a degree in English. She then joined the Peace Corps and spent several years working as a teacher in Costa Rica. After returning to the U.S. and settling in Kentucky she became interested in writing, ultimately receiving a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College in 1986.

She wrote for a decade before her first novel Icy Sparks was published in 1998. The book received favorable reviews from critics, but sales were modest until Icy Sparks was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 2001. Rubio's second novel, The Woodsman's Daughter, was published in...more

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Books by Gwyn Hyman Rubio

Average rating: 3.50 · 10,962 ratings · 634 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Icy Sparks 3.51 avg rating — 10,781 ratings — published 1998 — 24 editions	My rating:
	The Woodsman's Daughter 2.82 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Icy Sparks 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Best Of Oprah 05 18c Mix Ppk Id by NOT A BOOK, Toni Morrison, Gwyn Hyman Rubio 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: