Ruth Franklin | |
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| Born | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Education | B.A., English Language and Literature, 1995, Columbia University M.A., comparative literature, Harvard University |
| Occupation | Author |
| Awards | National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography |
| Website | ruthfranklin |
Ruth Franklin is an American literary critic. She is a former editor at The New Republic and an Adjunct professor at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Her first biography, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography and was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2016.