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Author of Whither the Promised Land A Novel & Flashbacks of a Diplomat’s Wife A Memoir Helga Ruge was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, and studied foreign languages at the Universities of Berlin and Marburg. In 1945 she met Neil Ruge, an American officer stationed in Germany. Four years later, the couple reunited when Neil returned to Europe as a United States Foreign Service Officer. They were married in Palermo, Sicily. In addition to Palermo, Helga accompanied him to posts in Casablanca, London, Cardiff, Washington D.C., Munich and Guatemala City. In each place she immersed herself in local customs and culture, as well as diplomatic and social functions, all the while carrying on her family life.  After Neil retired from the diplomatic service and became a business law professor at California State University, Chico in 1969, Helga earned a bachelor’s degree and taught German there for nine years. Widowed in 2000, Helga has a son, Carl and a daughter, Madeleine, as well as four grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Helga’s writing career began with the publication of her memoir Flashbacks of a Diplomat’s Wife. In 2006 she published her first novel, Whither the Promised Land. Helga Ruge is finishing work on her third book, a novel called ‘More Truth than Fiction, Growing up in Europe between Two World Wars’. Click here to link to new article “Becoming a Writer” by Helga in the American Diplomacy Journal. Books are available in Chico, CA at the California State University Chico (CSUC)Associated Students Bookstore and by writing the author. Flashbacks of a Diplomat’s Wife is available through Barnes & Noble online. Whither the Promised Land is available nationally through Baker & Taylor Book Sellers as the Vendor of Record. Both books are also available at amazon.com. Flashbacks is $15.95 and Whither the Promised Land is $11.95. Contact Ms. Ruge for books or speaking engagements at claymarshallbooks at sbcglobal.netWhither%20the%20Promised%20Land.htmlFlashbacks%20of%20a%20Diplomat%27s%20Wife.htmlhttp://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2006/0709/ruge/ruge_writer.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2
Helga Ruge