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Ruth F. Stevens likes to create stories that will make you laugh and cry, as she did with her debut novel, Stage Seven. She has a duology of funny-sad contemporary novels from Black Rose Writing: My Year of Casual Acquaintances (Sept. 2024) and The Unexpected Guests (Dec. 2024).

Ruth says: “I find myself motivated to write about the topics that worry me the most. Since I worry about a great many things, there is never a shortage of material. I’m also a big believer in the power of laughter to ease our pain and anxiety. Humor is a component in anything I write, no matter how serious the subject matter.”

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I'm honored to be one of the featured authors at “Between the Covers…a Literary Luncheon” on October 20 at the Palos Verdes Golf Club, Palos Verdes Estates, California. I’ll be joined by four other local authors – Dr. Marilou Ryder, Rebecca Forster, Wendell Thomas, and host James T. Bartlett – in an informal book chat over a catered three-course luncheon.

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Quirky. Fun. Original. Surprising. These adjectives apply both to the novel Mall Goddess and its protagonist, Kylie—a struggling artist employed as long-time janitor at the dying old-school Empire Mall in rural Iowa. Kylie is on a mission to save the ...more
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This book was irreverent, over-the-top, outrageous, and politically incorrect. Offended? On the contrary, I loved it. Remarkable how the author managed to strike this tone while giving us characters we wanted to root for.
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