Ruta Sepetys

About Ruta Sepetys

She went on to write a second historical fiction work, Out of the Easy, after her New York Times bestselling historical novel Between Shades of Gray.

Ruta Sepetys is a Lithuanian American historical novelist. As an author, she is the New York Times No.1 bestseller, global bestseller, and Carnegie medalist. She is a Bellagio Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation and the first American writer to write on young adult literature to speak in the European Parliament and NATO. His work has been published in over 60 countries and forty languages ​​and is currently in development for film and television.

Notable works	Between Shades of Gray, Out of the Easy, Salt to the Sea, Fountains of Silence
Occupation	Writer
Alma mater	Hillsdale College
Nationality	American
Born	Ruta Sepetys, November 19, 1967, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

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Trivia

Sepetys won The Golden Kite Award for Fiction, the Flanders Young Adult Literature Jury Prize, and the Lithuanian National Patriot Award, among numerous other honors.

Ruta Sepetys before fame

She received a bachelor's degree in International Finance from Hillsdale College (in Michigan) and then founded and ran an entertainment management company in Los Angeles before starting her writing career. She eventually made her home in Nashville, Tennessee.

Achievement of Ruta Sepetys

Sepetys has received various awards, including the Golden Kite Award for Fiction, the Flanders Young Adult Literature Jury Prize, and the Lithuanian National Patriot Award.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Ruta Sepetys family life

She was born in Detroit, Michigan, to a Lithuanian mother and an American father. Between Shades of Gray, her debut work, was inspired by her father's experiences during Stalin's repressive dictatorship.

Associations of Ruta Sepetys

Jennifer Donnelly, a fellow American historical fiction writer, is a contemporary of hers.

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