Ruth Kogen Goodwin is a writer and editor living in Southern California with her husband and their daughter. Her work has appeared online at Kveller, and in publications including Hippocampus Magazine, COG Magazine, Eclectica Magazine, the Eunoia Review, Sky Island Journal, and Vine Leaves Literary Journal. Her essay “The Swing” was a finalist for the 2017 New Letters Prize for the Essay. She received an MFA in creative writing from American University.