I’m Maurice Carlos Ruffin. I’m from America’s lowest city. So, basically, I live in The Sunken Place.
I earned an MFA with distinction from the University of New Orleans’ Creative Writing Workshop way back in 2013. The Workshop awarded my short story collection its Joanna Leake Prize for Fiction Thesis. Later, as unlikely as it may sound, I wrote more things. Some of them very good. But the best ones were pretty bad.
What do I write?
I write fiction, non-fiction, hybrids, and occasionally perform works inspired by all. My novel We Cast A Shadow will be published by One World Random House before long. My editor is the great Victory Matsui. One World’s editor-in-chief is Chris Jackson (yes, that Chris Jackson).
Literary representation by kingmaker, PJ Mark of Janklow & Nesbit Associates (NY).
Photo by Clare Welsh
Great to run into you today at the Napoleon House with Chris Rose. I’m so excited to be writing in this town with so many accomplished and supportive writers! Looking forward to being able to read at Pelican Bay with the Gold Room later this fall!