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The Ruby in the Smoke
First edition
Author	Philip Pullman
Illustrator	Fred Booth
Language	ENGLISH
Series	Sally Lockhart series
Genre	Mystery, young adult novel
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	1985
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	200 pp
ISBN	0-19-271543-7
OCLC	59171883
Followed by	The Shadow in the North

The Ruby in the Smoke (1985) is a novel by the English author Philip Pullman. It went on to win the 1987 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award.^[1] It was also adapted for television in 2006. This book is the first of the Sally Lockhart Quartet. It is followed by The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well and The Tin Princess. The book was also adapted for the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2016.^[2]

^ "Lancashire Children's Book of the Year". Archived from the original on 26 June 2007.
^ "Philip Pullman's the Ruby in the Smoke | Theatre | Edinburgh Festival Fringe". Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.