A history geek since childhood, Ruth is a member of Mensa, a former member of the board of directors of the Writers Network of South Florida and also was a columnist for Seabreeze Publications, Inc., where her column "The Florida You Don't Know" enjoyed a wide and loyal readership. Aside from forays to Tallahassee, where she graduated from Florida State University, Ruth's home base has remained in the county she finds so fascinating. A voracious reader, she enjoys writing in several different genres, but finds herself drawn time and time again to stories that evoke the forgotten paradise of th...