| Ruby, Jane | Ruby, Jane | <div class="ExternalClass6943FC6AF41245039370EBAB96AF1F27"><h2></h2><h2>Meet local author Jane Ruby.<br></h2><h3>Genre: YA<br></h3><h3>Title: <em>The Azurite Encounter, Voiceless Whispers</em></h3><p><br></p><p><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">Jane Ruby has authored two award-winning YA Arizona Adventures, </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US"><em>The Azurite Encounter</em></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">, set in the Grand Canyon and its sequel, </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US"><em>Voiceless Whispers</em></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">, set in the Havasupai Indian Reservation. She’s also written several award-winning short works including </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">Surviving the Catholic School from Hell</span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">, an essay describing autonomous discipline at her elementary school, </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US"><em>Brutal Hackage</em></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">, an action-packed story about a drone terrorizing a local high school golf tournament, and </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US"><em>Theories of Decay</em></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">, a thriller in which media personalities grapple with global crashing of satellites. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559731":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p><p><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">Ruby presented snippets of her short stories to a local elementary school for critiques from 4th through 8th grade students. Their contributions especially helped solidify a ghost story entitled, </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US"><em>All This and a Bag of Bones</em></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">. In 2024 Ruby published a compilation of her short works entitled, </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US"><em>I Dream I Wake I Write</em></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">. It earned several literary awards including first place in the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards and a 5-Star Review from Readers’ Favorite. </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">Originally</span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US"> a collection of </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">college online creative writing assignments, the book</span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US"> </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">blends vivid memories, dreamscapes, and</span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US"> </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">speculative tales, enhanced by illustrations from Daniel Villanueva. All Ruby’s books are</span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US"> </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">available on Amazon but also circulated in several local and hometown libraries.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559731":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p><p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559731":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"><br></span></p></div> |
