Maurice Carlos Ruffin
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Maurice Carlos Ruffin, a Guggenheim Fellow, is the author of The American Daughters, which was a national bestseller, as well as The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You, a One Book One New Orleans selection, which was longlisted for the Story Prize. His debut, We Cast a Shadow, was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. All three books were New York Times Editor’s Choice selections. Ruffin is the winner of the Iowa Review Award in fiction and the Louisiana Writer Award. He is an associate professor of Creative Writing at Louisiana State University.
