Hey, I’m Ruth. I’m a Bay Area author who writes in a bunch of genres including flash fiction, poetry, and memoir. I draw inspiration from surrealism, horror, film, and graphic novels to write pieces that are sometimes creepy but never boring.


“Crossman strikes at the heart of herself and puts together the archeological fragments. Flash memoir meets graphic novel married to a literary tone that is never boastful or reckless but metered and truthful”

—Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends


“Crossman calls Joan Didion to mind with her blurring of autobiography, journalism, and creative writing”—Natasha Dennerstein, Broken: A Life of Aileen Wuornos in 33 Poems