Let's welcome back on the blog (she--or, her book--was spotlighted here months ago) the author of Aberrant--this time, as a featured author on Celebrating Debutantes 2013!
13 Random Facts
1. I love doing character interviews. I have more trouble with author interviews.
2. I ran my own photography business for more than three years.
3. I love social media and meeting new people.
4. I used to role play and write fanfiction for my favorite television shows.
5. I wanted to be a tornado chaser after watching the movie Twister.
6. I have green eyes.
7. I use Xbox Kinect daily to exercise, usually I play some variation of Just Dance.
8. I used to bowl on my high school team.
9. I’ve lived in 4 different states and 6 different cities.
10. I’ve worked 18 years at getting rid of my southern accent. If I spend 10 minutes on Skype with someone from my old hometown, it comes right back.
11. I interned at AOL in their streaming operations department. It was before YouTube was born.
12. I have a dog that I adopted from the animal shelter.
13. This is my year!
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More about Ruth!
Ruth Silver first began writing poetry as a teenager and reading heaps of fan fiction in her free time. She has written under three unique pseudo names and penned well over a hundred stories.
She attended Northern Illinois University in 2001 and graduated with a Bachelor's in Communication. While in college she spent much of her free time writing with friends she met online and penning her first novel, "Deuces are Wild", which she self-published in 2004. Her favorite class was Creative Writing senior year where she often handed in assignments longer than the professor required because she loved to write and always wanted to finish her stories.
Her love of writing, led her on an adventure in 2007 to Melbourne, Australia. Silver enjoys reading YA novels and sharing her favorite books with other readers. She runs her own book blog and also enjoys photography and traveling.
Her favorite YA genre is a mix of Dystopian & Fantasy which is evident in the upcoming release of her latest book, Aberrant. Slated for release April 2013 by Lazy Day Publishing, it is the first in a trilogy.
Check out her debut novel!
Aberrant
(Aberrant #1)
by Ruth Silver
Published April 28th 2013 by Ruth Silver
Blurb (Goodreads):
With Joshua's help, Olivia breaks free of prison and is forced on the run. Together they set out to find the promised rebel town in search of a new home and new life together. Their situation seems less than promising as they reach the town of Haven. New rules and customs must be adhered to in order to stay. Leaving would mean most certain death in the large expanse of the Gravelands. Time is running out as the government mounts an attack to destroy Olivia and bury her secret with her. Thrown into a world unlike their own, they must quickly adapt to survive.
Yesterday: Cheyanne Young (Motocross Me)
Tomorrow: Christy Dorrity (Awakening)
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