She is a cousin of the late civil rights activist Julian Bond. She attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism on an academic scholarship, then moved to New York and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Triviaīond played the lead antagonist in the 1990 horror film Def by Temptation. CYNTHIA BOND has taught writing to homeless and at-risk youth throughout Los Angeles for more than fifteen years. About the Author CYNTHIA BOND has taught writing to homeless and at-risk youth throughout Los Angeles for over fifteen years. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her daughter. Ruby was shortlisted for the 2016 Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction. Ruby is woven with magical realism.but Bond's luminous prose is grounded in a sure reality.' The innocent anticipation of the shooting stalks, the quivering stillness of the watching trees. Ann Friedman wrote in The Guardian that while the book has evoked comparisons with the work of Toni Morrison or Zora Neale Hurston, 'It may be most apt to compare Bond to Gabriel García Márquez. Author: July Westhale Ruby had felt it then. People Magazine wrote that Ruby was not an 'easy read,' but it had an important and 'compelling' message. Booklist called Ruby a 'stark, unflinching portrait of dark deeds and dark psyches.' Ruby is in part a 'gritty story,' but it also contains 'mystical elements,' according to Library Journal. New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Bond discusses her first novel, Ruby, which is an Oprahs Book Club ch.

Ruby was considered a 'strong first novel' by Kirkus Reviews.

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