National Book Award 2019 Finalist! Laura Ruby is the author of books for adults, teens, and children, including Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All and the Michael L. Printz Medal winner Bone Gap, both National Book Award finalists; the Edgar Award nominee Lily’s Ghosts; and the Book Sense Pick Good Girls as well as the first two books in the York Saga. Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay. National Book Award Finalist Amazon Best YA Novel of 2019 New York Times Best YA Novel of 2019 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best NPR Best YA Novel of 2019 Booklist Best YA Novel of 2019 SLJ Best YA Novel of 2019 Shelf Awareness Best YA Novel of 2019 Book Page’s #1 YA Novel of 2019 Awards for Thirteen Doorways. Thirteen Doorways, A Wolf Behind Them All. From the author of Printz Medal winner Bone Gap comes the unforgettable story of two young women—one living, one dead—dealing with loss, desire, and … While Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All is a work of fiction, author Ruby reveals in the author's note that her mother-in-law, Frances, lived in a Chicago orphanage during the Great Depression and World War II and that she relied heavily on the recollections of Frances and her siblings, Toni and Vito, to vividly re-create what daily life was like at a Catholic orphanage. Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby
Winning a National Book Award can significantly boost an author’s sales. Oct 8, 2019 - These books are on the shortlist for the National Book Awards in 2019. The award for young's people literature went to 1919: The Year That Changed America by Martin Sandler. Women nabbed fifteen out of twenty National Book Award nominations and, ultimately, won four out of five. National Book Award 2019 Finalist! The finalists were: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. The 68th Annual National Book Awards Ceremony has come and gone and it was a good night for women writers. Hosted by Cynthia Nixon with guests like Bill Clinton, the ceremony celebrated some of the brightest names in 2017 literature. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds. From the author of Printz Medal winner Bone Gap comes the unforgettable story of two young women--one living, one dead--dealing with loss, desire, and the fragility of the American dream during WWII. Laura Ruby is the author of books for adults, teens, and children, including Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All and the Michael L. Printz Medal winner Bone Gap, both National Book Award finalists; the Edgar Award nominee Lily’s Ghosts; and the Book Sense Pick Good Girls as well as the first two books in the York Saga. 297 printed pages.