Ruthanna Hopper

Writer

Birthday December 5, 1972

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Taos, New Mexico, U.S.

Age 51 years old

Nationality United States

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Ruthanna Hopper is an American artist, author and curator.

A member of the Hopper family, her father was Dennis Hopper.

A member of the Halprin family, her mother is Daria Halprin.

Her grandparents are Anna and Lawrence Halprin.

Hopper was born in Taos, New Mexico, the daughter of actor Dennis Hopper and actress Daria Halprin, and grew up in Marin County, California.

She describes her upbringing as "bohemian".

She has three paternal half-siblings (two sisters, one brother) and a maternal half-sibling (brother) with whom she was raised in Marin County.

Hopper studied art at UC Davis and theater arts in New York.

2008

In 2008, she co-wrote Celebutantes with Amanda Goldberg, daughter of producer Leonard Goldberg.

The novel became a New York Times bestseller.

2011

In 2011, the follow-up novel Beneath a Starlet Sky was published by St. Martin's Press.

Hopper returned to her work in visual art in 2011 after release of her second novel.

Her art practice is in the tradition of the Halprin work.

Hopper is a visual artist and a curator.