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Ruth Ware

Nato: September 26, 1977 – Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Ruth Ware is a British crime and psychological thriller novelist known for suspense-driven, modern locked-room mysteries. Her notable books include In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The It Girl. A New York Times-bestselling author, her work has been translated into dozens of languages.

Biografia e Percorso dell'Autore

Ruth Ware built her career through a long private apprenticeship. She grew up in Lewes, studied English at the University of Manchester, and wrote stories from childhood onward, first on her mother’s typewriter and later in increasingly long manuscripts she kept mostly to herself. In early adulthood she worked in and around books, including waitressing, bookselling, teaching English as a foreign language, and press work; those years gave her both industry knowledge and a certain intimidation about trying to join the shelves herself. The decisive turn came in her thirties, when raising two small children convinced her to stop treating fiction as a hidden hobby and start sending manuscripts to agents. ((https://ruthware.com/about/))

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I always wrote. Always, always always
-Talking to Ruth
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I was interested in exploring that point in your life where you're relatively fearless and perhaps more vulnerable than you realize
-A Word on Words: The It Girl
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Well, amazing, obviously! But also a little weird, in the best kind of way
-In a Dark, Dark Wood
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The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is to write the book that you would want to read, and hope other people agree
-The Lying Game
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I set out to write a book about someone who brings about their own fate
-Author Q&A: The Death of Mrs. Westaway
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Part of it was definitely my childhood love of boarding school stories
-Author Q&A: The Lying Game
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I also love writing about secrets—and the thing about secrets is that the longer you keep them, the bigger they become
-The Death of Mrs. Westaway

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