Rue Matthiessen is based on the East End of Long Island and in New York City. At Bard College, she majored in literature, and afterwards was a journalist for The East Hampton Star. She had her own photography studio in Los Angeles for six years. Her essays and short fiction have been published in numerous literary journals. Her book, Buttonwood Cottage, about renovating a house in the Caribbean, is available on Amazon. Recently, Rue was featured in the Bridgehampton Museum’s Distinguished Lecture Series and other speaking engagements.

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In February 2024, Rue published her memoir, Castles & Ruins: Unraveling Family Mysteries and Literary Legacy in the Irish Countryside, with Latah Books. 

 

Her upmarket novel, Woman with Closed Eyes, is forthcoming with Latah Books in June 2025.

 

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