Lois Ruby is the author of several children's

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

 and young adult

Young adult literature

Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...

 books, including some historical fiction

Historical fiction

Historical fiction tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional...

. Her most notable works are the historical fiction novels Steal Away Home and The Secret of Laurel Oaks.

Personal life

Ruby is a former resident of Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...

. the setting of her novel Steal Away Home. She now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...

with her husband. She has three adult sons.

Works

• What Do You Do Quiksa (1981)
• Two Truths in My Pocket (1983)
• This Old Man (1986)
• Pig Out Inn (1988)
• Miriam's Well (1995)
• Skin Deep (1996)
• Steal Away Home (1999)
• Swindletop (2000)
• Soon Be Free (2002)
• The Moxie Kid (2003)
• Journey to Jamestown (2005)
• Shanghai Shadows (2006)
• The Secret of Laurel Oaks (2009) , a book in 208 worldCat libraries