My life in 8 words: "Adapt, not compromise. Stand for justice. Keep faith."
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A Disobedient Girl will be released on July 13, 2010 in Trade Paperback
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A Disobedient Girl is now available in Trade Paperback
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Interview:
Interview with Ru FreemanApr 03, 2010
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A Disobedient Girl is now available in Hardcover
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A Disobedient Girl is now available in eBook
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A Disobedient Girl will be released on July 21, 2009 in eBook
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Chapter 1 from A Disobedient GirlJun 06, 2009
A Disobedient Girl will be released on July 21, 2009 in Hardcover
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A Disobedient Girl will be released on July 21, 2009 in eBook
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Author Revealed Answer:
What’s your greatest flaw?Prior to Dec 19, 2008
Ru Freeman's Books
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A Disobedient GirlThe story of two women in Sri Lanka, strangers to one another, yet united by an undying love, as they travel towards an unimaginable destiny.Read More
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Ru Freeman Revealed
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Take risks, overextend and always dress the part.
Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
A. Politician
Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
A. Barack Obama
Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. Having the capacity to love those who should be, and being able to be as deserving of their love. Finding opportunities to use every single one of your talents no matter how impossible the goal or cause.
Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
A. Reading, Latin/Ballroom dance and Middle Eastern dance.
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Christian Science Monitor, April 2, 2013
...stretching from Kabul to Paris to San Francisco to the Greek island of Tinos. (May) Journalist and author Ru Freeman’s second novel portrays the relationships binding a mix of families and children – Tamil and Sinhalese, Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim...
Virginia Tech, October 31, 2012
...30 p.m. and focuses on “Research, border politics, and dissemination,” and is followed with a presentation by Ru Freeman, author of “The Disobedient Girl.” A poetry exchange by Jean Arasanayagam, Minoli Salgado, Seni Seneviratne, and Virginia...
New Indian Express, October 3, 2012
...of the books to be read by their authors at the Kovalam Literary Festival. A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman Ru Freeman calls herself a Srilankan American author. The compelling Srilankan flavour of her debut novel ‘A Disobedient Girl’ echoes the...
New Indian Express, September 22, 2012
...concerts by two bands here. Monisha Rajesh, Nilanjana Roy, Manu Joseph and Farrukh Dhondy, besides Sri Lankan author Ru Freeman, London-based Roderick Mathews and Israeli writers Dorit Rabinyan and Sarai Shavit. The Kerala-leg will commence with a...
The Gulf Today, September 21, 2012
...apart from Thayil — are Monisha Rajesh, Nilanjana Roy, Manu Joseph and Farrukh Dhondy, besides Sri Lankan author Ru Freeman, London-based Roderick Mathews and Israeli writers Dorit Rabinyan and Sarai Shavit. The Kerala leg, which will begin with a...
ProKerala.com, September 19, 2012
...historical fiction by Biman Nath will launched at the festival. Other writers at the festival include Sri Lankan Ru Freeman, Sonia Falerio, Aroon Raman, Roderick Mathew and Nilanjana Roy. The Delhi-based Indian Ocean will close the two-day carnival...
Huffington Post, September 4, 2012
...Upon announcing the 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships, Poetry editor Christian Wiman said, "The history of Poetry is filled with some of the best-known names in American poetry; my guess is that these young poets will be among those we'll be talking...
PublishersWeekly.com, January 12, 2013
...Her life clearly informs her fiction. Freemans second novel, On Sal Mal Lane (Graywolf, May), weaves together the experiences of a large cast of characters from 10 families of various religious, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds who make their homes...
Huffington Post, December 17, 2012
...nation we bemoan but the culture we are proud to have created. It is time to vote. Follow Ru Freeman on Twitter: www.twitter.com/RuFreeman...
Fars News Agency, November 14, 2012
...FNA Deputy Director Cites Root Causes of Middle-East Hatred for US TEHRAN (FNA)- In an interview with Ru Freeman, a US-based freelancer, Fars News Agency Deputy Managing-Director Seyed Yasser Jebraily described the root causes of the Muslim world's...
Virginia Tech, October 31, 2012
...30 p.m. and focuses on “Research, border politics, and dissemination,” and is followed with a presentation by Ru Freeman, author of “The Disobedient Girl.” A poetry exchange by Jean Arasanayagam, Minoli Salgado, Seni Seneviratne, and Virginia...
New Indian Express, October 3, 2012
...of the books to be read by their authors at the Kovalam Literary Festival. A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman Ru Freeman calls herself a Srilankan American author. The compelling Srilankan flavour of her debut novel ‘A Disobedient Girl’ echoes the...
New Indian Express, September 22, 2012
...concerts by two bands here. Monisha Rajesh, Nilanjana Roy, Manu Joseph and Farrukh Dhondy, besides Sri Lankan author Ru Freeman, London-based Roderick Mathews and Israeli writers Dorit Rabinyan and Sarai Shavit. The Kerala-leg will commence with a...
The Gulf Today, September 21, 2012
...apart from Thayil — are Monisha Rajesh, Nilanjana Roy, Manu Joseph and Farrukh Dhondy, besides Sri Lankan author Ru Freeman, London-based Roderick Mathews and Israeli writers Dorit Rabinyan and Sarai Shavit. The Kerala leg, which will begin with a...
