Matt Ruff is an author who graduated from Cornell University. His first book, Fool on the Hill (published in 1988) gained an early cult following that continues to this day. His second book Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy helped him to become a fully settled fictional writer. What appears to be novel about a scuril and in a way fascinating future is indeed a bitter comment on what might actually develop out of recent New York in a nearby future. Not only in the United States, but also in Europe Ruff became well-known and his books underground bestsellers. His third book Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls, has nothing to do with science-fiction or fantasy. But the story of the book, dealing with multiple personalities, contains a lot of fantastic elements, which let remain a feeling of typical Matt Ruff stories. The novel has been long-listed for the 2005 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and has already won the 2003 James Tiptree, Jr. Award, a PNBA Book Award, and a Washington State Book Award. His books have been published in Germany, Italy, France, Japan and many more countries. Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind. ... The James Tiptree, Jr. ...

Ruff, whose full name is Matthew Theron Ruff, was born in 1965 and grew up in Queens/New York as the son of a Lutheran chaplain. He graduated in 1983 from Stuyvesant High School in New York City. After making his way through several cities on the east and west coast (1 year in Hartford, 7 months in Seattle, 1 year in Boston, 5 years in Portland, Maine) he married in Philadelphia and now lives in Seattle, Washington. Queens County in New York State Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the United States, is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... A chaplain is a priest or military unit, a private chapel, a ship, a prison, a hospital, a parliament and so on. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stuyvesant High School, nicknamed Stuy, is a math and science-based public high school in New York City, New York. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... When used by itself in a sentence, the term Hartford can refer to one of several places in the United States. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ... Waterfront of Portland along the Fore River Portland is the largest city in Maine with a population of 64,249 citizens as of 2000. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Other U.S. States Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire Official languages None Area 184,824 km² (18th)  - Land 172,587 km²  - Water 12,237 km² (6. ...

Works

• The Gospel According to St. Thomas (never published)
• Fool on the Hill (1988) - (ISBN 0802135358)
• Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy (1997) - (ISBN 0871136414)
• Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls (2003) - (ISBN 006095485X)

External links

• Homepage (http://home.att.net/~storytellers/)
• His visit to readerville.com (http://www.readerville.com/WebX?14@63.dReua1sOl2E.2@.f203bb8/0)
• Interview to readmag.com with Adam Liebling (http://www.readmag.com/Interviews/mattruff.htm)
• Text about MR (german) (http://www.subway.de/content/extras/index.php?pageLoad=http://www.subway.cc/magazin/1998/04matt.shtml&area=ARCHIV&frameHeight=4000&referrer=)
• Bibliography (http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ch.cgi?Matt_Ruff)
• Biography and bibliography (german) (http://www.feministische-sf.de/einzelne_autorinnen/fsf_matt-ruff.html)