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3 <br />Mr. Ruler's sixth book, "On the Grid: A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and <br />the Systems that Make Our World Work," came out in 2010, and his work has also been <br />included in such compilations. as "Appalachian Adventure" and in such anthologies as "The <br />Appalachian Trail Reader, Speed: Stories of Survival from Behind the Wheel" and "Literary <br />Trails of the Carolina Piedmont." Mr. Ruler's work has been translated into five <br />languages. He lives in Raleigh with his wife, June Spence, also a writer, and their two sons. <br />"We live in what we call the Information Age, though nobody seems to know exactly <br />what information is supposed to be," Mr. Ruler said. "Since telling stories is how we make <br />sense of our world, I'm thrilled that through the. Laureate program I'll be spending 2011 <br />sharing stories with Piedmont citizens. Maybe we can take acouple-steps toward making a <br />little sense of our world and turningthe Information Age into the Age of Meaning. How cool <br />would that be?" <br />Applications for the Piedmont Laureate position were received from afive-county <br />area. Aselection- committee comprised of Amy Rogers, Novello_ Festival Press founder and <br />publisher; Mark Simpson-Vos, senior editor, UNC Press; and John Valentine, co-owner, <br />Regulator Book Shop, along with sponsoring agency representatives, reviewed all the <br />applications and made recommendations. Banu Valladares, program director of literature <br />and outreach at the North Carolina Arts Council, also participated as a panel observer. <br />For more informationaboutthe Piedmont Laureate program, please visit <br />www.piedmontlaureate.com. <br />