Laura Ruby is an American author of twelve books, including Bone Gap (2015), winner of the 2016 Michael L. Printz Award[1] and finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
[3][4] Bone Gap is a coming-of-age mystery about a kidnapping in a small Midwestern town, and it incorporates elements of mythology and magical realism.
The New York Times Book Review called it a "lush and original young adult novel".
[5] In an interview with Publishers Weekly, Ruby characterized her award-winning novel as an "oddball" book that doesn't fit neatly into one genre.
[7] She is a faculty member at Hamline University in the low-residency MFA program in writing for children and young adults.