Ruby Opalka

Ruby is a new writer from Dorset, UK. Ruby was longlisted for the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize in 2023, and has been published in The Atlantic and The Manchester Anthology. Ruby is currently working on a collection of short stories in which they write ‘with the earth’, exploring the strange and beautiful relationship between geology, the sea and queer intimacies. 

Outside of writing, Ruby is a librarian and likes gardening, bookmaking and cooking for people. She lives in East London.