Ruth Franklin
| Ruth Franklin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | 
| Education | B.A., English Language and Literature, 1995, Columbia University M.A., comparative literature, Harvard University | 
| Occupation | Author | 
| Awards | National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography | 
| Website | ruthfranklin | 
Ruth Franklin is an American literary critic. She is a former editor at The New Republic and an Adjunct professor at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Her first biography, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography and was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2016.