Ruby Rosenthal is a nonfiction writer based in Chicago. A 2024 Hollins University MFA grad, her work has been published in The Chicago Review of Books, HerStry, Defenestration, and elsewhere; she also publishes a weekly Substack called 52 Bad Essays. Ruby has told stories with a variety of groups in the Chicagoland area including Funny Ha Ha, You’re Being Ridiculous, and Tenx9.