Dr Ruth Charnock is a freelance editor, writer, creative mentor and artist. She has over 20 years of experience working with writers, specifically from teaching literature within universities, writing and editing books. She is currently writing a novel, as well as working with a range of clients who are developing their own projects - particularly in the fields of prose, life-writing and creative non-fiction. She is the editor and author of Joni Mitchell: New Critical Readings (Bloomsbury, 2023), and has worked as an editor with Routledge, Rodopi, Taylor and Frances, Bloomsbury, Duke University Press, and AUP.