Ruth Harris 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 selections of the Literary Guild and the Book-Of-The-Month Club who agreed with raves from prominent reviewers.
“ONE OF THE FRANKEST, MOST STYLISH, AND MOST COMPELLING VOICES IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION, HARRIS WRITES WITH INTELLECT, INSIGHT AND HUMOR.” (Chicago Sun-Times) “SUPERB!” (West Coast Review of Books) “SPECTACULAR! Richly plotted first-class entertainment.” (NY Times) “SUPERIOR FICTION WITH A ZINGING SENSE OF STYLE.” (Ft Lauderdale News Sun-Sentinel) “COMPELLING! RUTH HARRIS IS IN A CLASS BY HERSELF!” (Literary Guild) “ADDICTIVE. Sad and funny, raunchy and realistic. I couldn’t put it down.” (Rona Jaffe) “DOWN-TO EARTH AND PERCEPTIVE.” (Anniston Star) “IMPRESSIVE!” (Houston Post) “BRILLIANT! Tough, trenchant, chic and ultra-sophisticated with the insight of Joan Didion.” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) “TERRIFIC!” (Cosmopolitan) “ABSOLUTELY PERFECT — the songs we sang, the clothes we wore, the way we made love.” (Publisher’s Weekly) “FICTION AT ITS BEST. ” (New Woman magazine) “SLICK, SEXY. SHARP AND RACY” (Kirkus) “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. HARRIS SEEKS TO ENLIVEN AND ENTERTAIN, AND SHE DOES IT IN SPADES.” (Cleveland Plain-Dealer) “GLORY BE! EXCELLENT. THOROUGHLY DELIGHTFUL.” (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 a foul mouth, 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.
Yes, she’s working on a new book. 🙂
