Ruth Mitchell

Ruth C. Mitchell is an award-winning epic fantasy author whose debut novel Two Moons of Merth was featured at the LA Times Festival of Books 2024 and hailed by reviewers as a masterpiece of fantasy fiction. Over a career spanning novels, freelance writing, travel journalism, publishing, and editing, Ruth has developed a reputation for gorgeous storytelling, meticulously crafted characters, and fantasy worlds so vivid and immersive that readers have compared her work to Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, and Diana Gabaldon.

Her Tales of Merth Trilogy — Two Moons of Merth, Jaxyl Warrior Princess, and Return to Merth — follows the royal Karda family across generations in a world where female empowerment, spiritual transformation, and cosmic adventure collide. The trilogy has earned international recognition and a passionate global readership.

Beyond Merth, Ruth's award-winning sci-fi paranormal novel Beyond: A Tale of Discovery on the Other Side of Life won the Pencraft Book Award and her contributions to the Writer's Colony of Dairy Hollow's Emerge magazine were featured in the 2022 International Book Award-winning Dairy Hollow Echo.

Ruth lives in the Ozarks with two very entitled dachshunds. She writes for readers who want adventure that moves them, characters who stay with them, and worlds they never want to leave. If you'd like to hear more about her work, subscribe to her Substack newsletter Defy Convention.