Internationally acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Ruta Sepetys visited Miami's Wilks Theater on Tuesday, October 15 to talk to students about her novels. The event was co-hosted by the ...

Before she became a successful novelist, Ruta Sepetys carved out a career in the male-dominated music industry working for songwriter Desmond Child, a mentor who wrote hits for Bon Jovi, Cher and ...

As elevator pitches go, “Lithuanian teenager starving to death in Stalin-era Siberia” would not necessarily attract much interest from Hollywood movie producers. But next January, a story that could ...

The secret’s out: two heavy-hitters in the realm of children’s historical fiction and nonfiction, Carnegie Medalist Ruta Sepetys and Newbery Honor-winning author Steve Sheinkin, have joined forces for ...

The book is inspired by "a series of long-buried true stories about Detroit during the Prohibition era," Sepetys tells PEOPLE Ruta Sepetys is breaking into adult fiction with a novel set in her home ...

How do you create historical fiction that teenagers will actually want to read? Ruta Sepetys will join us to talk about that and her latest, “I Must Betray You.” Can writing actually save your life?

In third grade, Ruta Sepetys wrote her first book. Handwritten in a notebook, “The Adventures of Betsy" had a table of contents, individual chapters and hand-drawn illustrations. Her teacher, Mrs.

Ruta Sepetys last tore our hearts out with Salt to the Sea, her exploration of the human condition as seen through the eyes of refugees fleeing World War II. In her new book, The Fountains of Silence, ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Sarah Harrison Smith Spain under Francisco Franco is as dystopian a setting as Margaret Atwood’s ...

Before she became a successful novelist, Ruta Sepetys carved out a career in the male-dominated music industry working for songwriter Desmond Child, a mentor who wrote hits for Bon Jovi, Cher and ...