Lois Ruby is the author of several

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and

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books, including some

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. Her most notable works are the historical fiction novels ''Steal Away Home'' and ''The Secret of Laurel Oaks''.

Personal life

Ruby is a former resident of

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, just two hours south of Lawrence, Kansas, the setting of her novel ''Steal Away Home''. Ruby has also lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She now lives in

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with her husband. She has three adult sons and seven grandchildren.

Works

* ''Arriving at a Place You've Never Left'' (1977) * ''What Do You Do In Quicksand?'' (1981) * ''Two Truths in My Pocket'' (1983) * ''This Old Man'' (1986) * ''Pig-Out Inn'' (1988) * ''Miriam's Well (1995) * ''Skin Deep'' (1996) * ''Steal Away Home'' (1999) * ''Swindletop'' (2000) * ''Soon Be Free'' (2002) * ''The Moxie Kid'' (2003) * ''Journey to Jamestown'' (2005) * ''Shanghai Shadows'' (2006) * ''The Secret of Laurel Oaks'' (2008), a book in 208 worldCat librariesWorldCat
/ref> about a girl named Lila and a girl named Daphne * ''Strike! Mother Jones and the Colorado Coal Field War'' (2012) * ''Rebel Spirits'' (2013) * ''The Doll Graveyard'' (2014) * ''The Secret Grave'' (2017) * ''Red Menace'' (2020) * ''Eddie Whatever'' (2021) * ''Gallows Hill'' (2023)

References

External links

author web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruby, Lois 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American children's writers American historical novelists Living people Writers from Kansas American women children's writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers American women historical novelists Year of birth missing (living people)