Clay & Marshall Publishing Company presents Helga Ruge
 
Author of Whither the Promised Land A Novel, Flashbacks of a Diplomat’s Wife A Memoir, & More Truth than Fiction Growing Up in Europe between the World Wars A Novel 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 2002. In 2006 she published her first novel, Whither the Promised Land. Ruge’s third book, a novel titled More Truth than Fiction, Growing Up in Europe between the World Wars, was just released in September 2008. All three books are available at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Amazon.com, Lyon Books in downtown Chico, and at California State University Chico Associated Student Bookstore.  Flashbacks of a Diplomat’s Wife > ISBN 0-9715672-0-4 Whither the Promised Land > ISBN 0-9715672-1-2 More Truth than Fiction > ISBN 0-971562-2-0 You may also contact Ms. Ruge directly for books and speaking engagements at claymarshallbooks at sbcglobal.net Whither%20the%20Promised%20Land%20.htmlFlashbacks%20of%20a%20Diplomat%27s%20Wife.htmlMore%20Truth%20than%20Fiction.htmlReviews%20Truth.htmlhttp://www.lyonbooks.comFlashbacks%20of%20a%20Diplomat%27s%20Wife.htmlWhither%20the%20Promised%20Land%20.htmlMore%20Truth%20than%20Fiction.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_6shapeimage_3_link_7