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Author Bio
• Birth—1979
• Where—Danvers, Massachusetts, USA
• Education—B.A., Oberlin College; M.F.A.,
University of Texas at Austin
• Currently—Brooklyn, New York City
Domenica Ruta was born and raised in Danvers, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Oberlin College and holds an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. She was a finalist for the Keene Prize for Literature and has been awarded residencies at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, the Blue Mountain Center, Jentel, and Hedgebrook. (From the publisher.)