Ruta Sepetys
@rutasepetys.bsky.social
Author of Historical Fiction
Seeker of Lost Stories • Explorer of Shadows Past
📘 Between Shades of Gray 📘 Salt to the Sea
📘 The Fountains of Silence 📘 I Must Betray You
📘 The Bletchley Riddle 📘 You: The Story
Seeker of Lost Stories • Explorer of Shadows Past
📘 Between Shades of Gray 📘 Salt to the Sea
📘 The Fountains of Silence 📘 I Must Betray You
📘 The Bletchley Riddle 📘 You: The Story
Thank you @people.com for the exclusive reveal of my new novel, 𝗔 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗! Detroit 1927—how far will a family dynasty go to keep their secrets? Details: tinyurl.com/3uvydh5j
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Thank you @people.com for the exclusive reveal of my new novel, 𝗔 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗! Detroit 1927—how far will a family dynasty go to keep their secrets? Details: tinyurl.com/3uvydh5j
The Salt to the Sea ebook is only $2.99 this week! 😍
October 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Salt to the Sea ebook is only $2.99 this week! 😍
Thank you, Pennsylvania! ❤️
We loved discussing history and mystery with you.
We loved discussing history and mystery with you.
September 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Thank you, Pennsylvania! ❤️
We loved discussing history and mystery with you.
We loved discussing history and mystery with you.
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Brooklyn Book Festival on Saturday. We had a great time!
September 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Brooklyn Book Festival on Saturday. We had a great time!
The 𝙄 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙔𝙤𝙪 eBook is only $1.99 today! 😍
August 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The 𝙄 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙔𝙤𝙪 eBook is only $1.99 today! 😍
Heartfelt thanks to readers, teachers, librarians, and booksellers for sharing the history! 🙏
August 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Heartfelt thanks to readers, teachers, librarians, and booksellers for sharing the history! 🙏
Fall Event Schedule 🌟
Several weeks of bookstore events, conferences, school visits, and over a dozen events with Steve Sheinkin for The Bletchley Riddle! Schedule: rutasepetys.com/events/
Several weeks of bookstore events, conferences, school visits, and over a dozen events with Steve Sheinkin for The Bletchley Riddle! Schedule: rutasepetys.com/events/
July 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Fall Event Schedule 🌟
Several weeks of bookstore events, conferences, school visits, and over a dozen events with Steve Sheinkin for The Bletchley Riddle! Schedule: rutasepetys.com/events/
Several weeks of bookstore events, conferences, school visits, and over a dozen events with Steve Sheinkin for The Bletchley Riddle! Schedule: rutasepetys.com/events/
The Bletchley Riddle ebook is only $1.99 today! 😍
June 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The Bletchley Riddle ebook is only $1.99 today! 😍
𝗨𝗞 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦! Join us for a free virtual event on June 30th with Seven Stories to discuss our historical mystery 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗬 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘. Free for schools and home-educators. Registration Required: tinyurl.com/3kbn59bm
June 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
𝗨𝗞 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦! Join us for a free virtual event on June 30th with Seven Stories to discuss our historical mystery 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗬 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘. Free for schools and home-educators. Registration Required: tinyurl.com/3kbn59bm
Readers & Writers in 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗!
Join me Thursday, June 12th, for a free event at the Weston Library in Oxford where I will discuss the power of historical fiction. Register: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jun25/...
Join me Thursday, June 12th, for a free event at the Weston Library in Oxford where I will discuss the power of historical fiction. Register: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jun25/...
June 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Readers & Writers in 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗!
Join me Thursday, June 12th, for a free event at the Weston Library in Oxford where I will discuss the power of historical fiction. Register: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jun25/...
Join me Thursday, June 12th, for a free event at the Weston Library in Oxford where I will discuss the power of historical fiction. Register: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jun25/...
📚 We are thrilled to be shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards! View the shortlists by visiting theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk.
Congrats to artist, Jim Tierney, and our UK publisher @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social ! 🥳
Congrats to artist, Jim Tierney, and our UK publisher @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social ! 🥳
June 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
📚 We are thrilled to be shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards! View the shortlists by visiting theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk.
Congrats to artist, Jim Tierney, and our UK publisher @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social ! 🥳
Congrats to artist, Jim Tierney, and our UK publisher @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social ! 🥳
🥳 Happy to announce my debut historical novel for adults!
It was such a thrill to unearth a bit of hidden history in my birthplace of Detroit. Coming summer of 2026!
It was such a thrill to unearth a bit of hidden history in my birthplace of Detroit. Coming summer of 2026!
April 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🥳 Happy to announce my debut historical novel for adults!
It was such a thrill to unearth a bit of hidden history in my birthplace of Detroit. Coming summer of 2026!
It was such a thrill to unearth a bit of hidden history in my birthplace of Detroit. Coming summer of 2026!
𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 & 𝗠𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥! 🤩
Steve Sheinkin and I will be touring schools in Sept/Oct for the paperback release of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲. Fun for readers, mathletes, and codebreakers! Interested schools > ask your local bookstore to put in a request via Penguin Young Readers!
Steve Sheinkin and I will be touring schools in Sept/Oct for the paperback release of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲. Fun for readers, mathletes, and codebreakers! Interested schools > ask your local bookstore to put in a request via Penguin Young Readers!
March 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 & 𝗠𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥! 🤩
Steve Sheinkin and I will be touring schools in Sept/Oct for the paperback release of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲. Fun for readers, mathletes, and codebreakers! Interested schools > ask your local bookstore to put in a request via Penguin Young Readers!
Steve Sheinkin and I will be touring schools in Sept/Oct for the paperback release of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲. Fun for readers, mathletes, and codebreakers! Interested schools > ask your local bookstore to put in a request via Penguin Young Readers!
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 and 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗬 ebooks are only $𝟭.𝟵𝟵 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬! 😍📚
March 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 and 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗬 ebooks are only $𝟭.𝟵𝟵 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬! 😍📚
Thanks to Lipscomb University and President McQueen for inviting me to be part of the Presidential Signature Series and give this year's Landiss Lecture!
March 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thanks to Lipscomb University and President McQueen for inviting me to be part of the Presidential Signature Series and give this year's Landiss Lecture!
𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘! 🤠
I'm honored to be part of the Presidential Signature Series at Lipscomb University. Join me Tues. Feb. 25th at the George Shinn Center. Reception at 5 pm. Lecture at 6 pm followed by a book signing. Register: tinyurl.com/mw6jnuze
I'm honored to be part of the Presidential Signature Series at Lipscomb University. Join me Tues. Feb. 25th at the George Shinn Center. Reception at 5 pm. Lecture at 6 pm followed by a book signing. Register: tinyurl.com/mw6jnuze
February 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘! 🤠
I'm honored to be part of the Presidential Signature Series at Lipscomb University. Join me Tues. Feb. 25th at the George Shinn Center. Reception at 5 pm. Lecture at 6 pm followed by a book signing. Register: tinyurl.com/mw6jnuze
I'm honored to be part of the Presidential Signature Series at Lipscomb University. Join me Tues. Feb. 25th at the George Shinn Center. Reception at 5 pm. Lecture at 6 pm followed by a book signing. Register: tinyurl.com/mw6jnuze
TODAY! 😍
The ebook of THE BLETCHLEY RIDDLE is only $2.99!
The ebook of THE BLETCHLEY RIDDLE is only $2.99!
February 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
TODAY! 😍
The ebook of THE BLETCHLEY RIDDLE is only $2.99!
The ebook of THE BLETCHLEY RIDDLE is only $2.99!
TEXAS! 🤩
I'll be at @nttbfest.bsky.social Fri. Feb. 28 for Educator Day and Sat. March 1st for the public day. I'll be taking part in several panels with many fantastic writers like Alan Gratz, Karina Yan Glaser, Libba Bray, Linda Sue Park, and others!
Info: www.northtexasteenbookfestival.com
I'll be at @nttbfest.bsky.social Fri. Feb. 28 for Educator Day and Sat. March 1st for the public day. I'll be taking part in several panels with many fantastic writers like Alan Gratz, Karina Yan Glaser, Libba Bray, Linda Sue Park, and others!
Info: www.northtexasteenbookfestival.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
TEXAS! 🤩
I'll be at @nttbfest.bsky.social Fri. Feb. 28 for Educator Day and Sat. March 1st for the public day. I'll be taking part in several panels with many fantastic writers like Alan Gratz, Karina Yan Glaser, Libba Bray, Linda Sue Park, and others!
Info: www.northtexasteenbookfestival.com
I'll be at @nttbfest.bsky.social Fri. Feb. 28 for Educator Day and Sat. March 1st for the public day. I'll be taking part in several panels with many fantastic writers like Alan Gratz, Karina Yan Glaser, Libba Bray, Linda Sue Park, and others!
Info: www.northtexasteenbookfestival.com
January, 2025 marks the 80 year anniversary of the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the single largest maritime disaster in history. Grateful to the readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, book clubs, and publishers worldwide who have helped me bring this history out of the dark!
January 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
January, 2025 marks the 80 year anniversary of the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the single largest maritime disaster in history. Grateful to the readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, book clubs, and publishers worldwide who have helped me bring this history out of the dark!
Thanks for the wonderful feedback on the audio edition of The Bletchley Riddle! 🎧 So grateful to actors/narrators Louis Hill & Georgina Jane - who bring the characters, story, and history to life in such a fabulous way. 🎧 #thebletchleyriddle
January 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thanks for the wonderful feedback on the audio edition of The Bletchley Riddle! 🎧 So grateful to actors/narrators Louis Hill & Georgina Jane - who bring the characters, story, and history to life in such a fabulous way. 🎧 #thebletchleyriddle
The ebook of I Must Betray You is only $1.99 today. 🎁
Share underrepresented history!
Share underrepresented history!
December 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
The ebook of I Must Betray You is only $1.99 today. 🎁
Share underrepresented history!
Share underrepresented history!
Final event of 2024! 🎉 Thank you readers in Kokomo, Indiana and thanks to Kokomo-Howard County Public Library for providing a great finish to a very busy year of events. Very inspiring to meet so many teachers and students enjoying my novels!
December 24, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Final event of 2024! 🎉 Thank you readers in Kokomo, Indiana and thanks to Kokomo-Howard County Public Library for providing a great finish to a very busy year of events. Very inspiring to meet so many teachers and students enjoying my novels!
Readers in MAINE! 😍
Thank you for selecting I MUST BETRAY YOU as the 2023/2024 winner of the Northstar YA Book Award! ⭐
You are honoring Romanian history and those who experienced it. I will cherish the award & tote! 🙏
#NorthStarYAAward #IMustBetrayYou #rutasepetys #historicalfiction
Thank you for selecting I MUST BETRAY YOU as the 2023/2024 winner of the Northstar YA Book Award! ⭐
You are honoring Romanian history and those who experienced it. I will cherish the award & tote! 🙏
#NorthStarYAAward #IMustBetrayYou #rutasepetys #historicalfiction
December 17, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Readers in MAINE! 😍
Thank you for selecting I MUST BETRAY YOU as the 2023/2024 winner of the Northstar YA Book Award! ⭐
You are honoring Romanian history and those who experienced it. I will cherish the award & tote! 🙏
#NorthStarYAAward #IMustBetrayYou #rutasepetys #historicalfiction
Thank you for selecting I MUST BETRAY YOU as the 2023/2024 winner of the Northstar YA Book Award! ⭐
You are honoring Romanian history and those who experienced it. I will cherish the award & tote! 🙏
#NorthStarYAAward #IMustBetrayYou #rutasepetys #historicalfiction
'Tis the season...
To be grateful. So grateful to all of the readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and event coordinators who helped me share underrepresented history this year. ❤️
To be grateful. So grateful to all of the readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and event coordinators who helped me share underrepresented history this year. ❤️
December 10, 2024 at 9:47 PM
'Tis the season...
To be grateful. So grateful to all of the readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and event coordinators who helped me share underrepresented history this year. ❤️
To be grateful. So grateful to all of the readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and event coordinators who helped me share underrepresented history this year. ❤️