Arthur Ruben

Art Ruben was born in Brooklyn, NY and lived within one block of four generations of family members. He lived there until age 6, when the untimely death of his 34-year-old father and remarriage of his mother uprooted the family to the Ivy Hill neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey, where he lived from 1958-1970. A graduate of Vailsburg High School and The American University, Art received his MSW from The Catholic University of America, then returned to American to earn a joint MBA/MPA in Public Financial Management, while also working full time. A retired insurance broker and Certified Financial Planner, Art previously served as the Clinical Director of a residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed adolescent girls and at age 27, was the youngest to hold such a position in the Washington, DC area. IVY HILL is his first novel and was inspired by the abrupt changes to his youth and adolescence. Art and his wife reside in New York's Hudson Valley/ Catskills.