Ruta Sepetys

Ruta Sepetys is a Lithuanian-American author born in 1967, known for her historical fiction novels that have been published in over sixty countries and forty languages. She is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Carnegie Medal, recognized for her work that highlights overlooked populations and historical events. Sepetys has been honored by The American Academy of Arts and Letters and awarded fellowships from prestigious institutions such as the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford.