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    Ruth Franklin

    Ruth Franklin is a book critic and frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Harper’s, and many other publications. A recipient of a New York Public Library Cullman Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.

    Ruth Franklin

    Ruth Franklin is a book critic and frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Harper’s, and many other publications. A recipient of a New York Public Library Cullman Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.

    Awards

    Winner — Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award, 2017

    Shortlisted — Phi Beta Kappa Christian Gauss Award, 2017

    Books by Ruth Franklin

    • Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

      Ruth Franklin

      Hardback, 2016

      Reviving the life and work of a neglected master, this biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature.

    • Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

      Ruth Franklin

      Paperback, 2017

      Reviving the life and work of a neglected master, this biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature.

    • Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

      Ruth Franklin

      E Book, 2016

      Reviving the life and work of a neglected master, this biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature.

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