Born and bred in London (UK), her childhood holidays were spent exploring English countryside with her family (which she loved), and the first big thing she saved money for was a trip to Greece and Italy, to encounter the beauties and culture of the Mediterranean. As an adult she has been living and working in France (the Vendée region) and Spain (near Madrid). Ruth Asch published a book of her early poetry in 2009 ‘Reflections’ (St Austin Press) and since then has had individual pieces accepted by a wide range of literary journals. She writes a broad spectrum of subject and style and loves challenge of translating foreign language poems into real poetry in English.