Author Archives: justinemrubin

Decatur is probably my favorite neighborhood in Atlanta. There's something Brooklyny about it, with its strip of charming stores, delicious restaurants, rugrats and their parents milling about and slightly bohemian vibe. I am beyond excited to be included in their Book Festival Lineup this year. If you're in the area over Labor Day weekend, pleaseContinue reading “AJC Decatur Book Festival”

We drove down to Orange Beach earlier in the week to see my parents, and Ari was utterly charmed by the pelicans and the hammock on the back porch. The waves and sand, not so much yet. On Thursday, Ronen stayed back with the little guy, and we went to Page & Palette, a beautifulContinue reading “Page & Palette”

My first award as a mom from moms. Pretty cool.

So shocked to receive the news this morning via Lauren's text that I put everything in the coffee maker except the coffee. A mug of steaming water, anyone? Feeling pretty good about this!

A very fun Q&A with fellow author and former client, Dennis Mahoney. Look out for his incredible first novel, tentatively titled Fellow Mortals in March 2013.

Such nice things to say about Saving Ruth, and a really good interviewer to boot.

Holy toledo! The front page! So grateful for the coverage. You can read the interview online here. And here is the cover and inside shot. Feeling big time, aint gonna' lie.

Just back from a fantastic, whirlwind of a trip to NYC, which included an amazing reading at Book Court and two blissful nights of uninterrupted sleep on a luxe thread count. While I was there, I was shocked and surprised to learn that my name was gracing the pages of this month's New York Magazine.Continue reading “New York Magazine”

Saving Ruth is featured on Teresa Weaver's Bookshelf as a Summer Reading pick! Gorgeous spread, and I love the passage she picked: "I wondered if my old Barbies were hiding in there, with their botched haircuts and chewed-up feet. My appetite for those miniscule hunks of plastic had been insatiable. By the time I hadContinue reading “Atlanta Magazine Love”

Yesterday I found myself at a suburban pool for a Memorial Day shebang. I haven't been in that situation for a very long time – since I was nineteen actually. Ruth is nineteen in the novel, and I've been very open about the fact that Ruth is, for better or worse, very much (if notContinue reading “Interesting Timing”