| Domenica Ruta | |
| Birth Place: | Danvers, Massachusetts |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | Phillips Academy Oberlin College University of Texas at Austin |
| Genre: | Memoir |
| Subject: | Addiction, family relationships |
| Notableworks: | With or Without You |
Domenica Ruta is an American author. Her first book, the memoir With or Without You, was a New York Times Best Seller.[1] [2]
Ruta was born in Danvers, Massachusetts to unwed teenage parents. She attended Phillips Academy and Oberlin College. Ruta holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin.[3]
Ruta's memoir, With or Without You, was published on February 26, 2013. It chronicles Ruta's difficult relationship with her drug-addicted mother, as well as Ruta's own struggle with alcoholism.[3]
She currently teaches memoir writing and creative nonfiction for Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City.[4]