Ruth Franklin

Ruth Franklin
Born
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
EducationB.A., English Language and Literature, 1995, Columbia University
M.A., comparative literature, Harvard University
OccupationAuthor
AwardsNational Book Critics Circle Award for Biography
Websiteruthfranklin.net

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.