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Anne Marie Ruff

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Anne Marie Ruff has reported on AIDS research, drug development, biodiversity conservation, and agriculture from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa.

Her work has been broadcast by National Public Radio, Public Radio International, the British Broadcasting Corporation, and PBS TV. Her articles have appeared in Time, Christian Science Monitor, and Saveur among other publications.

A Minnesota native, Ms. Ruff lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two sons. Through These Veins is her first novel.

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Joining the Ranks of the Carnegies for $25

Owning a library used to be the purview of the rich or the wildly rich. Think of the wildly rich Carnegies and their libraries. But now I own a library too. Or rather my neighborhood owns a library and I am its steward, providing the property, the building and administration. I wish I could say I came up with the idea, but the folks at Little Free Library came up with this brilliant idea worth...

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Through These Veins
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Anne Marie Ruff wrote a new blog post Joining the Ranks of the Carnegies for $25 Owning a library used to be the purview of the rich or the wildly rich. Think of the wildly rich Carnegies and their libraries. But now I own a lib... Read more of this blog post »
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Anne Ruff rated a book 5 of 5 stars Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra read in September, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A dazzling gallop through a world of stories. The premise for the Sheherezade style frame story left me breathless. While the long haul through some of the more bloody battles sometimes taxed my endurance, the effect of the whole story was impressive...more
Jan 14, 2013 03:47pm · see review
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Anne Ruff said "yes" to attending Big Orange Book Festival date: September 22, 2012 10:00AM location: Chapman University, Chapman University, City of Orange, CA, The United States description: I will be reading from Through These Veins and my forthcoming novel, Beneath the Same Heaven at 2pm and 3pm as part of the 10 at the Top program.
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Anne Ruff rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) read in July, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I remember thinking the Alchemist was a life changing kind of book. This lacked that wondrous quality for me.
Sep 20, 2012 11:52pm · see review
Anne Ruff rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay (Goodreads Author) read in September, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book brought me back to southeast Asia with evocative language and beautiful descriptions of the climate. The characters held my interest, and the puzzle pieces of the plot were well constructed. A great read for both armchair travelers and jade...more
Sep 20, 2012 11:42pm · see review
Anne Ruff made a comment in the group Q&A with Anne Marie Ruff — New Author Chat topic "Hi Everyone! I hope this isn't sacrilege, but I just started an Author's Chat on LibraryThing: http://www.librarything.com/topic/137655 Some of you mig...more "
May 28, 2012 01:45pm
Anne Ruff made a comment in the group Q&A with Anne Marie Ruff — Hi Everyone! topic "James-clifton wrote: "Anne: Good morning and thank you for writing back. I'm still working on your book --- which I WILL be finishing eventually. Just...more "
May 21, 2012 12:49am
Anne Ruff made a comment in the group Q&A with Anne Marie Ruff — continuing the conversation topic "Thanks to all of you who joined the discussion and shared such interesting stories and thoughtful comments. Although the Q&A event period has pass...more "
May 15, 2012 07:57am