Ruta Sepetys (Novelist ) was born in Michigan, United States on a Sunday, November 19, 1967 🎈. Ruta Sepetys is 57 years old. She is a Scorpio ♏ and was born in the Year of the Goat 🐐.
Most well known for her New York Times bestselling historical novel Between Shades of Gray, she went on to publish a second historical fiction work titled Out of the Easy.
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| FULL NAME: | Ruta Sepetys |
| BIRTH DATE: | November 19, 1967 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Michigan, United States |
| AGE: | 57 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | Unknown |
| ZODIAC: | Scorpio |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Goat |
About
Ruta Sepetys is a Novelist. Ruta was born in the 1960s, in the middle of the Generation X generation. Generation X, also known as the "MTV Generation," are individuals born between 1965 and 1980. This generation saw the emergence of music videos, heavy metal, and hip hop. Nirvana, U2, Madonna, torn jeans, Beverly Hills 90210, and Friends also became popular. Gen Xers have also experienced significant events, including, fall of the Berlin Wall, the energy crisis, the Watergate scandal, the rise of the personal computer, and Terrorism at the Munich Olympics.
She grew up in Detroit, Michigan, as the child of an American mother and a Lithuanian father. Her debut novel, Between Shades of Gray, was inspired by her father’s experiences during Stalin’s repressive regime. Find out who is Ruta Sepetys dating right now.
Before beginning her literary career, she earned a bachelor’s degree in International Finance from Hillsdale College (in Michigan) and subsequently established and headed an entertainment management company in Los Angeles. She later settled in Nashville, Tennessee.
DID YOU KNOW Sepetys won The Golden Kite Award for Fiction, the Flanders Young Adult Literature Jury Prize, and the Lithuanian National Patriot Award, among numerous other honors.
FACT She is a contemporary of fellow American historical fiction writer Jennifer Donnelly.
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Birthday
Currently, Ruta Sepetys is 57 years old. Her next birthday is away. Ruta will celebrate her 58th birthday on a Sunday, November 19th. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on November 19, 1967. Below is the countdown to her next birthday.
Zodiac
Ruta Sepetys’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. People born between the dates of October 23rd and November 21st belong to the eighth sign in the zodiac, Scorpio. Libras are known for being loyal, passionate, and strategic. They're can be either the best of allies or the deadliest of enemies. Cancer is the most compatible sign for Scorpios.
Famous Scorpio celebrities are Leonardo DiCaprio, Drake, Matthew McConaughey, Drake, Ryan Reynolds, Katy Perry, Kris Jenner, Anne Hathaway, Ryan Gosling, Charles Manson, and Marie Antoinette. Scorpio ruling planet is Pluto. Astrologically, Pluto symbolizes transformation rebirth and regeneration.
Ruta Sepetys was born in the Year of the Goat. Goat symbolizes pureness and preciousness in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Goat are intelligent, creative, charming, compassionate, and gentle. They can also sometimes be unorganized, lazy, pessimistic, insecure, indecisive, anxious, and gullible.
This year is the Year of the Serpent.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Ruta Sepetys is a 57 years old Novelist, born in November, in the Year of the Goat (1967), and is a Scorpio. Her life path number is 8. Ruta’s birthstone is Topaz and Citrine, and her birth flower is Chrysanthemum. You may also check out all famous birthdays in November or specifically birthdays on November 19.
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