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Ruth Nguyen

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in The United States

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https://ruthnguyen.com/

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Horror, Fiction, Fantasy

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Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexandre Dumas, Alix E. Harrow, Viet Thanh Nguyen, ...more

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August 2026

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My name, Ruth, comes from the immigrant woman from the Bible who wound up in Jesus’s family tree. Which feels apropos for a proud second-gen Vietnamese-American writing about marginalized, misfit women finding healing, liberation, and love in impossible situations. (Thanks for the foresight, Mom and Dad.) To make those situations really impossible, my books are usually set in spooky old mansions or misty wildernesses. Because the best fairytale endings aren’t inevitable—they’re won with blood and tears.

When I’m not contemplating new ways to haunt a house, I can usually be found singing opera, knitting my umpteenth sweater, or trying to teach my dogs to talk. They’ll figure it out someday. I believe in them.

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