Emily Ruskovich

Emily Ruskovich (/ˈrʌskəvɪtʃ/ RUSS-kə-vitch^[1]) is an American writer who won the 2019 International Dublin literary award for her novel Idaho.^[2] She grew up in the Idaho Panhandle on Hoodoo Mountain.^[3] She graduated from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2011 and is an assistant professor at the University of Montana where she teaches creative writing; she was formerly on the faculty of Boise State University. She lives in the mountains west of Missoula.^[4][5]

Emily Ruskovich

Bibliography

Novel

• Idaho (2017)

Short story

• Owl (2014)
• What Liesel Thinks of Horses (2014)

Work included in anthology

• The O. Henry Prize stories, 2015 (2015)

Awards

• 2019 International Dublin Literary Award