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Matt Ruff

(b.1965)

Matt Ruff is not a multiple personality, but he is an obsessive personality, a condition for which he self-medicates with marriage to a patient woman. He lives in Seattle, Washington, in what is arguably the most beautiful apartment house in the city.

Awards: Otherwise (2003) see all

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction

Series

Lovecraft Country
1. Lovecraft Country (2016)
2. The Destroyer of Worlds (2023)

Novels

   Fool on the Hill (1988)
   Set This House in Order (2003)
   Bad Monkeys (2007)
   The Mirage (2012)
   88 Names (2020)

Collections

Sewer, Gas and Electric (1994)

Books containing stories by Matt Ruff

The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 (2004)
Sex, the Future, and Chocolate Chip Cookies
(James Tiptree Award Anthology, book 1)
edited by
Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy and Debbie Notkin

Awards

2003 Otherwise Award : Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls

Award nominations

	2017 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Lovecraft Country
	2017 Locus Award for Best Horror Novel (nominee) : Lovecraft Country
	2013 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : The Mirage
	2008 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Bad Monkeys
	2008 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Bad Monkeys
	1990 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (nominee) : Fool on the Hill
	1989 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Fool on the Hill

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