This is largely due to not only her witty and compelling style, but her highly engaging characters written as well, as they resonate regardless of the era that they are set within, or of the readers background too. Along with this she has also recently started to make her way towards the big-screen too, as two of her novels are set to be adapted for the cinema, allowing her to extend her brand even further as a novelist.

Writing for a young audience too, she also writes for Young Adults, creating novels that have been translated globally in more than fifty countries, as she has also made her way to speak at numerous events too. Because of the level of detail and nuance Sepetys employs in her writing, I always get a clear picture of the setting from her.A Lithuanian-American author of much loved and bestselling historical novels, the writer Ruta Sepetys is world renowned now thanks to her unique style of writing a storytelling, as she manages to write in a manner that is both direct and to the point, dealing with heavier subject matter in a clearly accessible and engaging style that really draws her readers in. I’ve read plenty of historical fiction, but sometimes it’s hard for me to evoke an image of a place I know nothing about. Each book is meticulously researched, and Sepetys takes her time speaking to people who lived during the times she wants to write about. If you enjoy reading historical fiction and learning about countries and people who rarely enter popular discussion, then I strongly recommend reading one of Sepetys’s books. In fact, Lithuania as a country was only included on maps after the fall of the Soviet Union. During the discussion, I learned that Sepetys, as a Lithuania American, was driven to write about forgotten moments in time because she never heard the country of ancestors and its struggles spoken about in public discourse. I’ve been reading her books for years, and back in 2019, was able to see her live when she was promoting The Fountains of Silence. Whether it is life in a Soviet work camp or under a brutal dictator, Sepetys brings these moments to life with characters who seem like people we know.

Known as the “Seeker of Lost Stories,” each of her books focuses on a moment in time that has been left off the pages of history books. Although her books are technically categorized as young adult (YA) historical fiction, anyone can read her stories. One author I recommend time and time again is Ruta Sepetys.

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