Matt Ruff

Matthew Theron Ruff ( born September 8, 1965 in Queens, New York) is an American writer.

Life

One widely used by himself to legend, he is said to have already decided five years, not only to write, but have translated this into practice. In 1987 he completed his studies at Cornell University. His first novel was also his master's thesis, which he presented the self as a writer to make and not internationally unknown professor of " Creative Writing ," Alison Lurie. The novel between a conventional and a parody fluctuating, abundant provided with elements of science fiction and fantasy work entitled Fool on the Hill was a success. G.A.S. The second novel The trilogy of public utilities could build on this success. His third novel, a thriller titled Set This House In Order appeared in the English-speaking world in 2003, deals with people who suffer from dissociative identity disorder ( multiple personalities ). In August 2004, the German translation appeared under the title I and the others. In the summer of 2007, his fourth novel Bad Monkeys has been published in English. In February 2008, he appeared under the same name in Germany. In 2012, was published by HarperCollins his novel, The Mirage, a parallel world history, in which the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 by Christian fundamentalists in the Middle East to be performed. The novel will be published in March 2014 in German.

"I have a friend who says it 's all about group dynamics in my books. [ ... ] My father is from Detroit, my mother is a missionary 's daughter and grew up in South America, so my whole education was a kind of multicultural experiment. That's why I bring in my books like completely different personalities, people and animals, and other things that usually have nothing to do with each other, and then I watch how the get along. "

Works

  • Fool on the Hill ( 1988); ( German Giovanni Bandini and Ditte King: 1991, ISBN 3-423-11737-0 )
  • Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy ( 1997); German Giovanni and Ditte Bandini: G.A.S. The trilogy of public utilities (ISBN 3-423-12721- X)
  • Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls (2003); German Giovanni and Ditte Bandini: I and the other (ISBN 3-446-20535-7; Carl Hanser Verlag 2004 )
  • Bad Monkeys (2007); ( German Giovanni and Ditte Bandini: Carl Hanser Verlag ISBN 978-3-446-23002-6 February 2008 ), ISBN 978-0-7475-9171-9 )
  • The Mirage (2012 ); German Giovanni and Ditte Bandini: Mirage German Taschenbuch Verlag March 2014 ( ISBN 978-3-423-28021-1 )
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