About Ruby/Opal/Mindy

Bio

Ruby Lang/Opal Wei/Mindy Hung (she/her) writes contemporary romance and women's fiction featuring emotionally complex multicultural characters and their rambunctious families. Her recent screwball rom-com, Wild Life, was called "breathtaking" by The New York Times Book Review. She also wrote about romance novels for The Toast and was a 2010 fiction fellow for the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her nonfiction has also appeared in The New York Times and The Walrus. She and her family are recent transplants to Toronto.

For Ruby's media kit, please click here.

The Good Stuff

I was born in Vancouver, Canada, raised in Winnipeg and then ran off to New York for 20 years. When I was younger, I wanted to be fast-talking journalist Hildy Johnson from His Girl Friday but lacked verbal speed (and the ability to look good in hats), so I became a hatless and hapless editor instead. I have a scar on my leg from zipping down a banister in fifth grade. I also once slid down the escalator banister at the Westin Emerald Plaza in San Diego but sustained no lasting damage—except perhaps to my dignity.

Photo credit: Trina Turl Photography

Interviews, Panels, and Pods

Just Push Go

Journeys of Romance - Ep 73

Hosts Trina and Sarah Turl chat with guests about the words they're carrying into 2021. What is Ruby's word of the year?

Journeys of Romance - Ep 73

Host Jess Michaels chats with Ruby about about the concept of "very well read" in romance, illustrated covers, and more.

#BXBF20

Journeys of Romance - Ep 73

Norma Perez-Hernandez moderates the "Kissing Under NYC's Stars" panel at the Bronx Book Festival 2020, Featuring Zoey Castile, Kate Clayborn, Kwana Jackson, and Ruby.

Date Night With Alyssa Cole

Presented by Loyalty Books. Alyssa Cole chats with Farrah Rochon, Kwana Jackson, and Ruby about new releases, fandoms, and the things bringing us joy.

Learning the Tropes

Erin and Clayton from Learning the Tropes pod talk with Ruby about House Rules, New York real estate, and more.

RomBkPod

Learning the Tropes

Ana and Ruby chat about healers in medicine.

Book Nerdery with Avery Flynn

Avery and Ruby talk sexy city planners, fake relationships, and more on Frolic.

About Ruby/Opal/Mindy

Bio

The Good Stuff

As Seen In

Interviews, Panels, and Pods

Just Push Go

Journeys of Romance - Ep 73

Journeys of Romance - Ep 73

Journeys of Romance - Ep 73

Journeys of Romance - Ep 73

Journeys of Romance - Ep 73

#BXBF20

Journeys of Romance - Ep 73

Date Night With Alyssa Cole

Learning the Tropes

Learning the Tropes

RomBkPod

Learning the Tropes

Book Nerdery with Avery Flynn

Book Nerdery with Avery Flynn

Book Nerdery with Avery Flynn