Ruth King Porter (Author of The Simple Life)

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I was born in New York City in 1940, and I grew up in Alliance, Ohio, but it wasn鈥檛 until I had graduated from St. John鈥檚 College and married Bill Porter that I moved to Vermont. That was when I felt as though I had really come home. Books were important in my family. My mother was one of the daughters of Max Perkins, the editor of Hemingway and Fitzgerald. I always read a lot, but I never thought I wanted to write until I had lived in Vermont for a few years. I loved the land and the weather and the people, and I wanted to tell about all of it. If my novels make you feel as though you have spent some time in Vermont, then I have succeeded. There is more about me and about my books on my website, ...more

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Ruth King Porter I don't think I could write a mystery novel, but there are mysteries and surprises everywhere, so of course they show up in my novels. One of the bigg鈥辞谤别I don't think I could write a mystery novel, but there are mysteries and surprises everywhere, so of course they show up in my novels. One of the biggest surprises, the most unexpected turn my life has taken is that my smart and clear-thinking husband of more than fifty years has developed Alzheimers. Who could have predicted that Bill Porter, who wrote the complicated and brilliant novel, Notes of a Self-Seeker, would get to a place where he couldn't remember that he wrote it. Alzheimers is definitely what I will write about in my next book.(less)

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Ruth King Porter She ran down the street with the thing gaining on her, almost up with her as she jumped in the car and started to drive without looking back. She was 鈥辞谤别She ran down the street with the thing gaining on her, almost up with her as she jumped in the car and started to drive without looking back. She was just beginning to believe she was safe when she felt something touching her back.(less)

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	The Simple Life 3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ordinary Magic 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unexpected Grace it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Father to Daughter: The Family Letters of Maxwell Perkins by Maxwell Evarts Perkins, Louise Perkins King (Editor), Ruth King Porter (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Father To Daughter, The Family Letters of Maxwell Perkins by Bertha Perkins Frothingham (editors), Ruth King Porter (欧宝娱乐 Author), Louise Perkins King really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Father to daughter: The Family Letters Of Maxwell Perkins by Bertha Perkins Frothingham, Louise Perkins King (Editor), Ruth King Porter (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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