Ruthie Kennedy is a poet and short fiction writer based in Glasgow, Scotland.

A graduate of the MLitt Creative Writing programme at the University of Glasgow, her debut poetry pamphlet Room to Swing a Cat was published in 2020 by Orange Apple Press.

Details of other publications can be found here.

She performs regularly at writing events across Scotland and is currently editing an anthology of experimental writing with Colin Herd for Dostoyevsky Wannabe.

Influences include: George Saunders, Muriel Spark, Alisdair Gray, Katherine Mansfield, Patricia Lockwood, Lydia Davis, and Lorrie Moore.

Follow her on Instagram @r.uth.ie or Twitter @ruth___ie