Official Bio
The one I keep short & snappy
Eileen M. Ruvane fell into a book at a very young age and has happily never climbed her way out. She's written professionally on a weird and wonderful range of topics from stock options and whiskey to rhinoceros transport, zombie diets, and rotten teeth. By far her favorite thing to write is twisty mysteries and thrillers. Her debut young adult novel — TELL ME MY FUTURE — will release in June 2026 with Abrams/Amulet. Eileen and her husband, Trip, live in the Pocono Mountains, where they raised three amazing humans and co-founded a brewpub and craft distillery.
Longer Bio
The one where I ramble on
Growing up, I wanted to be a lot of things: park ranger, starting shortstop for the Mets, dragon herder, detective, rollercoaster designer, inventor. Then one day it hit me: if I was a writer, I could invent entire worlds and be anything I wanted! So, I quickly settled on writing. Specifically, writing thrillers, mysteries and adventures. More specifically, writing these stories from the circular glass tower at the top of a haunted house on a cliff overlooking the ocean during a thunderstorm. (One of my more practical brothers sadly informed me that a glass house on a cliff overlooking the ocean would require a lot of insurance that I would not be able to afford.)
I wrote my first book in third grade, covertly writing a story instead of memorizing state capitals. When I got busted by my teacher, she gave me the whole afternoon off to write, illustrate and bind (staple) my book. She even placed it on the classroom bookshelf. (Shout out to the wonderful Miss Lake!)
Over the years, I continued writing stories for fun, for friends, and eventually for my three amazing children. But I also started doing a different kind of writing. I worked for a decade as a public relations manager on Wall Street, then started my own freelance consulting business, where I wrote marketing, advertising, and web content. When I’d had enough of writing about other people’s businesses, my husband and I decided to start our own. We traded in our briefcases for some brew kettles and moved our family to the Pocono Mountains, where we co-founded Barley Creek Brewing Company, a restaurant, brewpub, and small batch distillery. We had absolutely no experience, but we worked hard, we dreamed big, and we were both too stubborn to give up.
Along the way, I continued to immerse myself in writing, joining the Kid Lit community, developing strong writing bonds and even stronger friendships with an amazing critique group, and diving deep to let the voices in my head tell their stories on the page. Now, my debut novel is set to release in June 2026 with Abrams/Amulet. TELL ME MY FUTURE is a speculative young adult thriller about a 16-year-old girl who fakes being a psychic to investigate a murder, only to begin having real visions of the future, including premonitions of her own death.
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TLDR:
I make stuff up.