Matt Ruff

Matt Ruff

Matt Ruff was born in New York City in 1965. He is the award-winning author of six novels, including Fool on the Hill, Bad Monkeys, Set This House in Order, The Mirage, and Sewer, Gas & Electric. His most recent novel, Lovecraft Country, tells the story of two black families fighting both supernatural horrors and the more mundane terrors of racism in Jim Crow-era America. Lovecraft Country is being adapted as an HBO series by Jordan Peele, Misha Green, and J.J. Abrams. Author Photo by Lisa Gold.


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  • Previous Lectures

    The Shadow Over Lovecraft: Interrogating H.P. Lovecraft's Racism (NYC) The Shadow Over Lovecraft: Interrogating H.P. Lovecraft's Racism (NYC)
    Tue. Apr. 16, 2019 - 7:00 pm GMT - 9:30 pm GMT