Naben Ruthnum
Naben Ruthnum is a Canadian writer, who has published work under both his own name and the pen name Nathan Ripley.[1]
He won the Journey Prize in 2013 for his short story "Cinema Rex",[2] and has since published the books Curry: Reading, Eating and Race (2017), a non-fiction essay collection about immigrant cultural identity in food and literature,[3] and two literary thriller novels, Find You in the Dark[4] and Your Life is Mine. Ruthnum's current novel, A Hero of Our Time, was published in January 2022[5] and a novella, Helpmeet, was published in May 2022.
Originally from Kelowna, British Columbia, Ruthnum is of Mauritian descent.[6] He has a master's degree from McGill University, where he wrote his thesis on the role of Oscar Wilde in the development of the ghost story in British literature.[6]
Ruthnum is also a former musician who was a guitarist for Bend Sinister, a Vancouver-based progressive rock band.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "How Nathan Ripley subverts genre conventions in his debut thriller, Find You in the Dark". Quill & Quire, January 2018.
- ↑ "McAdam, Moore both among winners at Writers’ Trust awards". Quill & Quire, November 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Toronto authors explore food and family in two wildly different books" Archived 2018-05-08 at the Wayback Machine. Now, September 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Review: Nathan Ripley’s cracking good debut thriller Find You in the Dark". The Globe and Mail, March 22, 2018.
- ↑ Robert J. Wiersema (January 11, 2022). "Naben Ruthnum's timely new novel "A Hero Of Our Time" catches us off guard". Toronto Star.
- 1 2 "Naben Ruthnum". Asian Heritage in Canada.
- ↑ Chong, Kevin (February 28, 2007). "Naming rites". CBC. Archived from the original on March 7, 2007.
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