Ruth Madievsky was born in Moldova and currently lives and writes in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Blackbird, Gulf Coast, The Journal, Rattle, West Branch, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere. In 2015, she was the winner of CutBank Literary Magazine's Patricia Goedicke Prize for Poetry, judged by Matt Rasmussen, and Beyond Baroque's 5th Annual Poetry Contest, judged by David St. John. Her first chapbook of poems has been a finalist in several contests at presses such as Button Poetry and Coal Hill Review. Madievsky is a chapbook reader for Gold Line Press and writes for Los Angeles Magazine. She is also a doctoral student at The University of Southern California School of Pharmacy and a research assistant at an HIV clinic specializing in maternal care in Downtown Los Angeles.