Ruta Sepetys’ The Fountains of Silence uncovers the hidden history of Franco’s Spain
…away to prison. He and his sisters Ana and Julia — three of the many protagonists of Ruta Sepetys’ fourth young adult novel, The Fountains of Silence — managed to survive,…
Ruta Sepetys’s new YA novel returns to the ravaged landscape—and people—of World War II
…by Russian troops under Stalin. In Salt to the Sea, Ruta Sepetys—Nashville-based author of the chillingly beautiful 2011 novel, Between Shades of Gray, about a Lithuanian family sent to a…
In her new YA novel, I Was Here, Gayle Forman explores the questions surrounding a teen suicide
In I Was Here, Gayle Forman continues her exploration of life and death, responsibility, courage, and love—all themes in her earlier YA novel If I Stay. I Was Here’s protagonist,…
Ruta Sepetys and R.A. Dickey are headed to the movies
Ruta Sepetys’s bestselling and acclaimed 2011 young-adult novel, Between Shades of Gray, placed the Nashville author in a small group of writers who have received equal critical and commercial success….
YA novelist Ruta Sepetys has received a medal from the Lithuanian government for contributions to literature and education
July 12, 2013 Even before Between Shades of Gray hit shelves, it was obvious that Ruta Sepetys’s debut novel was about to take the literary world by storm. Earning four…
March 8, 2013 Nashville author Ruta Sepetys talks with Chapter 16’s Stephen Usery about her latest novel, Out of the Easy. Sepetys is the author of the New York Times-bestselling…
