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Ruta Sepetys was born on 19 November, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., is a Lithuanian-American writer. Discover Ruta Sepetys's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?

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Occupation Writer
Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 19 November 1967
Birthday 19 November
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1941

Her first novel, Between Shades of Gray, about a teenage girl deported from her native Lithuania to Siberian Gulag labor camps after the Soviet occupation in 1941, was critically acclaimed and translated into over 30 languages.

The book is considered a roman à clef, with fictional characters wrapped around actual events and experiences.

Ruta states that the novel represents the "extreme suffering and tremendous hope" displayed by the people of the Baltics.

1967

Ruta Sepetys (Rūta Šepetys; born November 19, 1967) is a Lithuanian-American writer of historical fiction.

As an author, she is a New York Times and international bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal and The Josette Frank Award for Fiction.

She is a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellow and the first American writer of young adult literature to speak at the European Parliament and NATO.

Her work has been published in over sixty countries and forty languages and is currently in development for film and television.

Born in Michigan, Sepetys is the daughter of a Lithuanian refugee.

She earned a B.S. in International Finance from Hillsdale College.

While overseas, she studied at the Centre d’études Européennes in Toulon, France, and at the ICN Graduate Business School in Nancy, France.

Following graduation, she moved to Los Angeles.

1989

As communist regimes are crumbling across Europe in 1989, I Must Betray You, published in 2022, describes seventeen year old Cristian Florescu's world in the isolation of Nicolae Ceaușescu's Romania.

He must decide whether to be an informant or resist the regime.

This book also won the Yoto Carnegie Shadower's Award for writing in 2023.

1994

In 1994, she launched Sepetys Entertainment Group, Inc., an entertainment management firm

2002

In 2002, Sepetys was featured in Rolling Stone magazine's "Women in Rock" special issue as a woman driven to make a difference.

She is on the Board of Advisors for the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business at Belmont University and is also a director of the Make a Noise Foundation, a national non-profit that raises money for music education.

2011

Sepetys published her first novel in 2011 and currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

She has been described as a "seeker of lost stories" who hopes to give voice to those who weren't able to tell their story.

2013

In March 2013, Ruta became the first American author of young adult literature to give a presentation at European Parliament.

Her discussion with MEPs in Brussels centered on the novel, the history of totalitarianism in the Baltics, and the importance of historical fiction.

The novel is developed as a film, Ashes in the Snow.

Sepetys is a writer of historical fiction.

Although Between Shades of Gray was initially written for children and young adults, the book has been widely read by many worldwide and is considered a book for all ages.

Out of the Easy is Sepetys' second published novel.

It was released on February 12, 2013 and features Josie Moraine, a young woman in the 1950s French Quarter of New Orleans who struggles to escape her family and become the author of her own destiny.

The story explores themes of feminism in historical context and post-war America.

The novel became a New York Times bestseller and was chosen as an Editor's Choice in The New York Times on February 15, 2013.

2016

Salt to the Sea was published on February 2, 2016, and chronicles the 1945 refugee evacuation from East Prussia and the MV Wilhelm Gustloff disaster.

The sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff is the single largest maritime disaster in history yet, to many, the story remains unknown.

In their starred review, Publishers Weekly said,

"Sepetys delivers another knockout historical novel...she excels in shining light on lost chapters of history and this visceral novel proves a memorable testament to strength and resilience in the face of war and cruelty."

The New York Times added this in their review of Salt to the Sea—"Ruta Sepetys acts as champion of the interstitial people so often ignored—whole populations lost in the cracks of history."

2017

In June, 2017, Salt to the Sea was awarded The Carnegie Medal for stimulating empathy and solidarity.

2019

Sepetys' novel, The Fountains of Silence was released on October 1, 2019.

It is set in Madrid during the dictatorship of Spain's Francisco Franco.

The story explores the repercussions  of war and the complexities of the dictatorship in Spain.

One of the topics covered in the book is the lost children of Francoism, who were children abducted from Spanish Republican parents and given to families deemed "less degenerate".

The number of abducted children is estimated to be up to 300,000.

The stolen children were sometimes also victims of child trafficking and illegal adoption.