Elizabeth Ruth

Elizabeth Ruth (born 1968) is a Canadian novelist.

Elizabeth Ruth
Born	1968 (age 52–53) Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Early life and education

Ruth was born in Windsor, Ontario, was raised by a single mother, and lived in the United States, Canada, and Colombia while growing up.[1] Ruth earned an Honours BA and an MA from the University of Toronto.

Career

Before becoming a published writer, she worked in social services in Ontario and British Columbia. Her debut novel, Ten Good Seconds of Silence, was nominated for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the City of Toronto Book Award in 2001. Her second novel, Smoke, was published in 2005.

Openly lesbian, Ruth also organized a monthly reading series, "Clit Lit", for lesbian writers in Toronto.[2]

Works

Fiction

• Ten Good Seconds of Silence (2001)
• Smoke (2005)
• Matadora (2013)
• Love You to Death (2013)
• To Be Gone

Anthologies

• Bent on Writing: Contemporary Queer Tales (2002, ed.)

References

1. "Elizabeth Ruth", Writers in Electronic Residence, archived from the original on July 12, 2004CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. Cole, Susan G (September 20, 2001), "Elizabeth Ruth", NOW, archived from the original on 2008-05-12

External links

• Elizabeth Ruth