Matt Ruff

Quick Facts

Full Name	Matt Ruff
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Sep 8, 1965(1965-09-08)
Age	59
Birthplace	Queens
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Virgo

Matt Ruff Biography

Matt Ruff is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on September 8, 1965 in Queens, New York, United States. Ruff was born in New York City, in 1965. His family is Lutheran and he is of German descent. His father was a hospital Chaplain and his mother was a missionary’s child. He decided at the age of five that he wanted to become a fiction writer. He learned how to tell stories throughout his childhood and adolescence. Many adults did not understand his desire to be a writer as a child and tried to convince him to change careers. Ruff’s mother, however, was supportive of him and his desire to be a writer. She bought Ruff an IBM Selectric typewriter for one of her birthdays.

Ruff was born in New York City. Ruff attended parochial schools from third through eighth grade. Ruff attended Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan. One of his teachers was Frank McCourt, a memoirist. In 1987, he graduated from Cornell University. Alison Lurie, one of Ruff’s English professors was instrumental in helping Ruff to find an agent.

His fourth novel, Bad Monkeys, received the 2008 Washington State Book Award for Fiction, a PNBA Book Award, and an Alex Award.

His fifth book, an alternate history novel titled The Mirage, was published in February 2012. The Mirage was nominated for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.

Ruff’s first novel-length effort was a soap opera-like tale about a family that had a lot of kids (having only half-siblings older than him, Ruff was fascinated with the idea of siblings). It was written in the 1970s and never published. Ruff described it as “Think Eight is Enough with surreal components.” There wasn’t an overall plot. It was just a series of episodes that were loosely connected. A chapter in which the boys and girls built tunnels under the house would be followed up by another in which they became infected with a strange flu strain and began passing out in the hallways. I would sometimes forget what I had written and just start over.

Matt Ruff Net Worth

Matt Ruff is one of the richest Writer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Matt Ruff 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Matthew Theron “Matt” Ruff was born September 8, 1965 in Queens (New York). He is an American author of science-fiction, thrillers, and comic books.

Ruff was a fantasy writer in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Ruff was very close to finishing the novel. He even finished thirteen of the planned sixteen chapters. He gave up on the project, believing it wasn’t a great story. Between 1982 and 1984, Ruff wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about a Lutheran Minister’s son who questions his faith. Ruff wrote the novel partly to inform his parents that he was not going to be a Christian devout like they had hoped. Ruff’s sophomore and junior year at Cornell saw him write a story about his coming-of age in Queens, “Today’s Tom Sawyer”. Ruff completed the manuscript in just three months. It was over 400 pages. Ruff made a female student from his class a character in the story and gave her a copy.

His third book Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls, focuses on two protagonists displaying a fictionalised version of dissociative identity disorder; while not technically science-fiction, it nonetheless contains significant speculative elements. The novel was long-listed for the 2005 International Dublin Literary Award and won the 2007 James Tiptree, Jr. Award, a PNBA Book Award, and a Washington State Book Award. Ruff is also the recipient of a 2006 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Prose

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Who is Matt Ruff Dating?

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Matt Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Matt Ruff celebrates birthday on September 8 of every year.

Is Lovecraft Country a real book?

Lovecraft Country is a 2016 dark fantasy horror novel by Matt Ruff , exploring the conjunction between the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft and racism in the United States during the era of Jim Crow laws, as experienced by black science-fiction fan Atticus Turner and his family. It was published by HarperCollins.

What story is Lovecraft Country based on?

The Jim Crow South. The book and the show are both worth diving into. Spoiler warning: The following story contains spoilers for HBO’s Lovecraft Country. HBO’s new series Lovecraft Country is based upon the book of the same name by Matt Ruff , which was released in 2016.

Is there a sequel to Lovecraft Country book?

Matt Ruff I’m generally not a sequel guy, but Lovecraft Country may prove to be an exception. The story remains very much alive in my imagination, and I feel like I have more to say with these characters.

How many books is Lovecraft Country?

The book consists of eight interconnected stories : The first story, titled “Lovecraft Country,” is what we see in the first episode as Atticus, Leti and George escape white men and monsters and arrive at a mysterious manor.

Why is Lovecraft Country Cancelled?

While it was reported previously that the reasoning behind the cancellation was because the show was too expensive and there wasn’t really a vision for Season 2 , Miller mentions in the book (via Bounding Into Comics) that this is actually the main reason why HBO canned the show.