Ilie Ruby is an artist and the author of two novels, The Language of Trees and The Salt God’s Daughter. Her essays have been published in the New York Times, CNN, AOL, and Forward, among others. Awards include the Edwin L. Moses Prize for Fiction chosen by T.C. Boyle, a Kerr Foundation Scholarship, and the Phi Kappa Phi Award for Creative Fiction. Ruby is also a recipient of the Wesleyan Writer’s Conference Davidoff Nonfiction Scholarship and the Barbara Kemp Award for Outstanding Teaching and Scholarship. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the University of Maryland, a master’s degree in teaching from Simmons College and a master’s degree in writing from the University of Southern California. She is currently at work on a new book.
