Zoë Ruiz writes and edits in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree. Her work has been published by The Millions, LitHub, The Believer Logger, among other places. Ruiz has received assistance from Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Oregon State University’s Graduate School, and Spring Creek Project. She has worked as an editor for a variety of clients, including Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Rumpus, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and more. Most recently her outlook has been described as “bleak” and “not wrong.”