Laura Ruby





Laura Ruby

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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


Average rating: 3.59 · 2,699 ratings · 446 reviews · 11 distinct works
Good Girls
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 923 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions
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Bad Apple
3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 429 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
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The Wall and the Wing (Wall...
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions
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Lily's Ghosts
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions
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Play Me
3.08 of 5 stars 3.08 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions
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The Chaos King (Wall and th...
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions
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I'm Not Julia Roberts
2.54 of 5 stars 2.54 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions
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The Boy Who Could Fly
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2007
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Mo`ili`ili: The Life of a C...
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005
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The Invisible Girl
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 3 editions
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More books by Laura Ruby…
The Wall and the Wing The Chaos King
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“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.”
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“Love the people who love you back.”
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