Ruth Cook

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Gender	Female
Industry	Publishing
Occupation	author
Location	Birmingham, AL, United States
Introduction	I am the author of two books about people displaced by war--the Civil War and WWII. Currently, I am finishing a commissioned biography for a family in California and working on marble quarry research for the City of Sylacauga. I am also a corporate trainer who specializes in business writing.
Interests	history, writing, world issues, golf, grandkids, meals for First Light Shelter
Favorite Movies	Atonement, The Rabbit-proof Fence, Julie and Julia, the Blind Side
Favorite Music	anything by Norah Jones. lots of jazz, classical, Wynton Marsalis trumpet, just heard "Oblivion" in several versions and loved it
Favorite Books	Guests Behind the Barbed Wire, North Across the River, Moloka'i, Three Cups of Tea, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, The Lace Reader, Serena, In the Woods, The Help, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Still Alice, The Queen of Bedlam, Olive Kitteredge, The Well and the Mine, The Art of Racing in the Rain, A Mercy, Stones into Schools, Wolf Hall, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Your pajamas have duckies on them. Why did you switch from choo-choos?

I wanted to lose some weight.