Ruth Harris (Author of Decades)

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Ruth Harris

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New York, The United States

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Fiction, Chick Lit, Thriller

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Ruth Harris is a New York Times and Amazon bestselling author and a Romantic Times award winner for â€œbest contemporary.â€� Ruthâ€™s emotional, entertaining fiction has topped Amazonâ€™s Movers and Shakers list and her highly praised novels have sold millions of copies in hard cover, paperback and ebook editions, been translated into 19 languages, sold in 30 countries, and were prominent selections of leading book clubs including the Literary Guild and the Book Of The Month Club. In their e-book editions, Ruth's novels have been featured on Ereader News Today, Pixel of Ink and Kindle Nation Daily.

Ruth writes about strong, savvy, smart and witty women who struggle to succeed and, when sometimes they donâ€™t get what they want, they find something eve Ruth Harris is a New York Times and Amazon bestselling author and a Romantic Times award winner for â€œbest contemporary.â€� Ruthâ€™s emotional, entertaining fiction has topped Amazonâ€™s Movers and Shakers list and her highly praised novels have sold millions of copies in hard cover, paperback and ebook editions, been translated into 19 languages, sold in 30 countries, and were prominent selections of leading book clubs including the Literary Guild and the Book Of The Month Club. In their e-book editions, Ruth's novels have been featured on Ereader News Today, Pixel of Ink and Kindle Nation Daily.

Ruth writes about strong, savvy, smart and witty women who struggle to succeed and, when sometimes they donâ€™t get what they want, they find something even better along the way. Critics have compared Ruth to Nora Ephron and Joan Didion and called her books Â "brilliant," â€œsteamy,â€� "stylishly written," â€richly plotted,â€� â€œfirst-class entertainmentâ€� and â€œa sure thing.â€Â�

With her husband, Michael, Ruth indulges her wild side and writes bestselling thrillers with vivid characters, international backgrounds and compelling plots. Their thrillers have made numerous appearances in the top 3 of Kindleâ€™s prestigious Movers & Shakers list;Â in the Top 100 in the Kindle Store;Â Hooked has appeared continually on three Medical bestseller lists since its publication;Â #1 and #2 on two different Political bestseller lists;Â #14 on the Thrillers bestseller list.

Publisherâ€™s Weekly called Ruth's and Michael's thrillers "Slick and sexy [with] all the sure elements of a big seller written by pros who know how to tell a story.â€� Readers have raved, calling their books â€œawesome,â€� â€œgripping,â€� â€œchilling,â€� â€œa must-read,â€� and â€œa real page-turner.â€�

It's no surprise Ruth is a writer. Her Mom was an RN who had a trove of big-city hospital storiesâ€”some funny, some sad, some touchingâ€”and told them with great style. Her Dad loved words, word play and language (Ruth still has his collection of dictionaries) and he is remembered by those who knew him as "always reading." Ruth's paternal grandfather was noted for his extensive library and both her parents were avid readers: her Mom loved popular fiction and her Dad bought four or five newspapers every day and subscribed to what seemed to be every magazine publishedâ€”from Life and Look to BusinessWeek and Organic Gardening.

As a girl, Ruth wanted to be a professional ice skater. In her teens, she wanted to be a lawyerâ€”a summer job in a law office cured her! After college, she got a beginner's job in publishing and her career pathâ€”first as an editor and then as a writerâ€”was set.
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Average rating: 3.57 · 2,821 ratings · 263 reviews · 23 distinct works â€� Similar authors

	Decades (20th Century, #1) 3.48 avg rating — 668 ratings — published 1974 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love and Money (20th Century, #3) 3.88 avg rating — 538 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern Women (20th Century, #4) 3.62 avg rating — 415 ratings — published 1989 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Husbands and Lovers (20th Century, #2) 3.38 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 1986 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Romantics (20th Century, #5) 4.08 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1980 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Code Name: MK-ULTRA: A CIA Cold War Spy Thriller by Ruth Harris (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author), Michael Harris 3.31 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hooked by Ruth Harris (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author), Michael Harris 2.91 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Husband Training School Prequel 3.25 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chanel Caper 3.79 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Kiss at Kihali 4.07 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...often referred to herself as a bitch. It was a way of insulting herself and asserting herself simultaneously. She acted like a bitch when she was threatened. It was the only effective self-defense she had learned. The more frightened ... felt, the harder she lashed out. It was her offense and her defense. Â ...the bitch was also ... the poet. She was a very sensitively constructed sending and receiving mechanism, extremely vulnerable and extremely wary.”
― Ruth Harris, Decades

tags: bitch, decades, defense, offense, vulnerable

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“... he preferred being stimulated to being bored.”
― Ruth Harris, Decades

tags: boredom, life-and-living

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“To exist, the triangle demands three complementary elements: love, power and danger. Mixed incautiously, these elements, like those in physics, are volatile and potentially explosive.”
― Ruth Harris, Decades

tags: danger, love, power, triangle

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