Domenica Ruta

Domenica Ruta is the New York Times bestselling author of the memoir With or Without You and the novel Last Day, lauded one of 100 Notable Books of the Year in 2019 by the New York Times Book Review . 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 currently teaches in the creative writing program at Sarah Lawrence College, and her writing has appeared in The New York...See more

Domenica Ruta is the New York Times bestselling author of the memoir With or Without You and the novel Last Day, lauded one of 100 Notable Books of the Year in 2019 by the New York Times Book Review . 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 currently teaches in the creative writing program at Sarah Lawrence College, and her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Cut, The American Scholar, Oprah online, and many others. She currently lives in New York City with her family. See less