Ruth Fowler (writer)
Ruth Fowler is a British-born Los Angeles and London based author, screenwriter[1] and journalist, who first came to media attention after writing several articles for The Village Voice as "Mimi".
Fowler holds a first-class Honors Bachelor's degree in English Literature and a Master's degree in American literature from King's College, Cambridge.[2][3][4] After graduating Cambridge, Fowler traveled to over fifty different countries working as a chef, a sailor, a bar-tender, a supermarket checkout girl and a waitress before finding herself in New York City in 2005.[5] While attempting to obtain a work visa she worked as a stripper in Manhattan, writing about her experiences on her blog [1].[6]
As well as The Village Voice,[7] she has written for The Guardian,[8] The Observer, Wired Magazine, The New York Post, The Huffington Post[9], The Fix[10] and The Norton Anthology For Creative Non Fiction. Her first book, No Man's Land, was published by Viking Penguin in June 2008, and was republished in May 2009 as Girl Undressed [2].
According to her website,[11] Ruth is currently writing her second book, and working on an adaptation of ‘Exes Anonymous’ for Tim Perell and Bart Freundlich. She recently completed ‘Alice in Wonderland’ for director Rachel Talalay and is developing ‘Boy2Girl’ with Kindle Entertainment. ‘Girl Undressed’ has been optioned as a TV series by BBC America and Big Talk productions.
In 2008 Ruth wrote the screenplay for the short film 'Supraman and the School of Necessity' [3].
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.casarotto.co.uk/clients/details/2075
- ^ Paul Berger (August 7, 2005). "Blog and Grind". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/nyregion/thecity/07mimi.html. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ^ Rachel Mainwaring. "She holds a Cambridge degree but Welsh blonde 'Mimi' just loves being New York strip club star". Wales on Sunday.
- ^ "About Ruth". Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20071201103919/http://web.mac.com/fowler.ruth/Site/About_Ruth.html. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ^ http://us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/girl_undressed.html
- ^ Fowler, Ruth (2008-04-13). "Why's a nice girl like me undressing in a place like this?". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/apr/13/women.shopping. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ^ http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-03-22/news/how-to-be-an-illegal-alien/
- ^ Fowler, Ruth (2008-05-19). "<img class="contributor-pic" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/28/ruth_fowler_140x140.jpg" alt="Picture of Ruth Fowler" title="Ruth Fowler" />". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/ruthfowler. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ^ Fowler, Ruth. "Ruth Fowler". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ruth-fowler.
- ^ http://www.thefix.com
- ^ http://www.ruthfowler.co.uk
