Hi, I’m Dr Ruth McIver. I’m an award-winning Irish-born crime writer, raised between Dublin, Perth, Western Australia, and NYC. 

My critically acclaimed 2021 literary crime thriller debut, I Shot the Devil, won the 2018 Richell Prize for emerging authors and an Affirm Press Mentorship Award. My first unpublished manuscript, Nothing Gold was runner-up for the inaugural Banjo Awards and was included in Bloody Scotland’s Pitch Perfect. I have a PhD from Curtin University and work as a sessional academic and manuscript assessor.

I’m also the author of Blackout (Audible Australia) and The Sound (2025) with Blackstone USA and I’m represented by The Story Factory. If you’d like to discuss rights or have publicity queries, please contact my agent.

In addition to writing, I LOVE animals (I am known for my slightly unhinged pet portraits), true crime & criminology, horror movies, astrology, and the ocean. I’m a triple Venus, so I am legally entitled to skin care, soft lighting/throws, floriental scents, and roses.