Who is Ruth Harris?
Ruth is a multi-million-copy New York Times bestselling author and Romantic Times award winner for “Best Contemporary.” Her books have been translated into 19 languages, published in 25 countries around the world, and were major selections of the Literary Guild and the Book-Of-The-Month Club who agreed with raves from prominent reviewers.
They said that about Ruth? Yes, really.
“ONE OF THE FRANKEST, MOST STYLISH, AND MOST COMPELLING VOICES IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION, HARRIS WRITES WITH INTELLECT, INSIGHT AND HUMOR." (Chicago Sun-Times) “SPECTACULAR, RICHLY PLOTTED. Racing to a shocking climax, this glittering novel is first-class entertainment.” (NY Times) “SUPERB! Ruth Harris is a talented writer who has come up with a novel so entertaining and interesting you won’t have to hide if someone asks you what you’re reading.” (West Coast Review of Books) “SUPERIOR FICTION WITH A ZINGING SENSE OF STYLE. A skillfully written page-turner.” (Ft Lauderdale News Sun-Sentinel) “COMPELLING! RUTH HARRIS IS IN A CLASS BY HERSELF!” (Literary Guild) “Well-written. fast-paced and diverting.” (Library Journal) “ADDICTIVE. Sad and funny, raunchy and realistic. I couldn't put it down." (Rona Jaffe) “DOWN-TO EARTH AND PERCEPTIVE." (Anniston Star) “Ruth Harris writes about feminist issues with wit and without anger or angst.” (The London Times) “IMPRESSIVE!” (Houston Post) “BRILLIANT! Tough, trenchant, chic and ultra-sophisticated, Ruth Harris has the insight of Joan Didion.” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) “TERRIFIC!” (Cosmopolitan) “Ruth Harris has both style and substance.” (Book-of-the-Month Club) “ABSOLUTELY PERFECT — the songs we sang, the clothes we wore, the way we made love.” (Publisher’s Weekly) “FICTION AT ITS BEST. A dead-on accurate social critic, Harris has captured the feel of being young and hungry and ambitious in New York.” (New Woman magazine) “SLICK, SEXY. SHARP AND RACY" (Kirkus) “A bit of glamour, a bit of history and lots of romance. Enjoyable reading!” (Richmond Times-Dispatch) “RUTH HARRIS' BREEZY PROSE STYLE, PEPPERY DIALOGUE AND IRREVERENT OBSERVATIONS MAKE MODERN WOMEN FUN TO READ." (Dallas News) "AUTHOR RUTH HARRIS' RAPIER WIT SPICES UP A COMING-OF-AGE-IN-THE-SEXIST-'60s STORY. FUNNY, SAD, VIVID, AND MORE THAN RAUNCHY ENOUGH TO SATISFY THE MOST RIBALD APPETITES, HARRIS SEEKS TO ENLIVEN AND ENTERTAIN, AND SHE DOES IT IN SPADES.” (Cleveland Plain-Dealer) “GLORY BE! EXCELLENT. A THOROUGHLY DELIGHTFUL tale of what it was like to be young, ambitious and in love during an exciting period of history." (Los Angeles Times)
No, Ruth does not write her own reviews.
She was a reader before she was a writer, an editor before she was a publisher.
She grew up on Long Island’s North Shore back when it was still rural farm country.
She was studious and athletic, the valedictorian of her class, and had teen-age dreams of becoming either a lawyer or a professional figure skater.
She is the daughter of a creative, independent-minded father who dropped out of med school to chart his own course. Her mother was an RN whose grit and determination rescued her and her sister from drab futures in a fading New England manufacturing town.
She is the older sister of a damaged younger brother whose unsteady life ended in murder, and the younger sister of an older half-brother whose lively spirit and expansive nature were lifelong sources of affection and inspiration.
She has lived in Manhattan for decades and has been married for over fifty years (to the same man.)
She has too much red lipstick, a raucous sense of humor, and an addiction to the written word inherited from her mother who devoured the latest bestsellers and from her father who is remembered by those who knew him as “always reading.”
Ever curious, she’s looking forward to the future, although, considering the way things are going, she sometimes wonders why.
Where is she?
Find Ruth at Twitter and at Pinterest. She opines about the art and craft of creating fiction at her award-winning blog, Anne R. Allen with Ruth Harris.
She loves to hear from her readers, especially when they have something nice to say, and she can be reached at harris.ruth.c@gmail.com.