Domenica Ruta is an American author. Her first book, the memoir With or Without You, was a New York Times Best Seller.[1][2]

Early life

Ruta was born in Danvers, Massachusetts to unwed teenage parents. She attended Phillips Academy and Oberlin College. Ruta holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin.[3]

Career

Ruta's memoir, With or Without You, was published on February 26, 2013. It chronicles Ruta's difficult relationship with her drug-addicted mother, as well as Ruta's own struggle with alcoholism.[3]

She currently teaches memoir writing and creative nonfiction for Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Loving But Leaving A Toxic Mother In 'Without You'". National Public Radio. February 24, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  2. ^ Swansburg, John (January 3, 2013). "Is That My Mother on the Phone?". Slate. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Fragoso, Margaux (March 22, 2013). "Mommy Highest". New York Times. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "Memoir Writing Faculty". Gotham Writers Workshop. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
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