Laura Ruby

Laura Ruby is an American author of twelve books, including Bone Gap, winner of the 2016 Michael L. Printz Award and finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. She is also a professor at Hamline University. In an interview with Publishers Weekly, Ruby characterized her award-winning novel as an "oddball" book that doesn't fit neatly into one genre.

Biography Ruby grew up in New Jersey, and now lives in the Chicago metropolitan area.

She is a faculty member at Hamline University in the low-residency MFA program in writing for children and young adults.

She teaches fantasy writing workshops for children's authors at Highlights.

Awards and honors Ruby's books and audiobooks constitute seven Junior Library Guild selections: Bone Gap (audiobook and book) (2015), The Shadow Cipher (2017), The Clockwork Ghost (2019), Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All (audiobook and book) (2020), and The Map of Stars (2020).

In 2015, Bone Gap was named one of the best books of the year by Bank Street College of Education, Chicago Public Library, Locus, the New York Public Library, and School Library Journal.

In 2017, The Shadow Cipher was named one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Public Library, New York Public Library, and Los Angeles Public Library. NPR, School Library Journal, and Tor.com.

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 (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)