Laura Ruby

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female

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http://www.lauraruby.com/

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Children's Books, Young Adult, Literature & Fiction

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Raised in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, Laura Ruby now lives in Chicago with her family. Her short fiction for adults has appeared in various literary magazines, including Other Voices, The Florida Review, Sycamore Review and Nimrod. A collection of these stories, I'M NOT JULIA ROBERTS, was published by Warner Books in January 2007. Called "hilarious and heart-wrenching" by People and "a knowing look at the costs and rewards of remaking a family," by the Hartford-Courant, the book was also featured in Redbook, Working Mother , and USA Today among others.

Ruby is also the author of the Edgar-nominated children's mystery LILY'S GHOSTS (8/03), the children's fantasy THE WALL AND THE WING (3/06) and a sequel, THE CHAOS KING (5/07) all from H...more

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Books by Laura Ruby

Average rating: 3.59 · 2,699 ratings · 446 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Good Girls 3.71 avg rating — 923 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Bad Apple 3.37 avg rating — 429 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Wall and the Wing (Wall and the Wing, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Lily's Ghosts 3.69 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Play Me 3.08 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Chaos King (Wall and the Wing, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	My rating:
	I'm Not Julia Roberts 2.54 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Boy Who Could Fly 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Mo`ili`ili: The Life of a Community 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	The Invisible Girl 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by Laura Ruby

Wall and the Wing (2 books)
by Laura Ruby

4.00 avg rating — 534 ratings

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Quotes by Laura Ruby

“Our moon is the same moon, our sun is the same sun, and the stars will sparkle for us no matter who or where or what erare-- not sluts, not players, just people.”
― Laura Ruby, Good Girls

26 people liked it

“You're a big help, Mr. I Read So Many Books.”
― Laura Ruby, The Chaos King

tags: humor , sarcastic

7 people liked it

“Love the people who love you back.”
― Laura Ruby, Bad Apple

tags: love , smart , wise

4 people liked it

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51 votes, 42.5%

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19 votes, 15.8%

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17 votes, 14.2%

Forget You by Jennifer Echols

10 votes, 8.3%

Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs

8 votes, 6.7%

Bad Apple by Laura Ruby

6 votes, 5.0%

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4 votes, 3.3%

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3 votes, 2.5%

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2 votes, 1.7%

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120 total votes

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