Marie Rutkoski

Marie K. Rutkoski (born March 5, 1977) in Hinsdale, Illinois is an American children's writer, and professor at Brooklyn College. She has three younger siblings. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.A. in English with a minor in French in 1999, and then her English M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2003 and 2006 respectively. She lives in New York City with her husband and son. 2Awards 1999 University of Iowa Honors Program Collegiate Scholar Award 2003 Dexter Traveling Fellowship 2005 Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship 2008 American Booksellers Association's Indie Next List for her debut novel, in its children aged 9 – 12 group 2Works "Arm the Minds of Infants: Interpreting Childhood in Titus Andronicus" Criticism, Volume 48, Number 2, Spring 2006, pp. 203–226 "Breeching the Boy in Marlowe's Edward II" SEL: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Volume 46, Number 2, Spring 2006, pp. 281–304 "Bridge of Snow" in Burniac, Lauren, ed. (2015). Fierce Reads: Kisses and Curses. Square Fis