Ruth Beaumont Cook grew up in Bedford, Ohio and earned a BS in German and English education from The Ohio State University. She came to Alabama in 1970 and lives in the Birmingham area. Ruth combines two busy careers--one as a corporate trainer and facilitator specializing in basic business communication skills, including grammar and usage, punctuation, and format. She is also a published author with two successful commercial titles, Guests Behind the Barbed Wire and North Across the River. Ruth serves on the Board of Directors of the Alabama Writers' Forum and coordinates St. Mark the Evangelist church's support of the First Light Shelter for Women and Children in Birmingham
