Ru Marshall is a nonbinary writer and visual artist. Author of the American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda and A Separate Reality, for which they were nominated for a Lambda Award. Their writing has appeared in Salon, N + 1, The Evergreen Review, The Kenyon Review, The Michigan Quarterly Review, Waxwing, The Barcelona Review, Your Impossible Voice, Another Chicago Magazine, and other publications. They have twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and received the 2016 Hazel Rowley Prize from BIO, the Biographers International Organization. Their visual work has been exhibited at Participant Inc., Studio 10 Gallery, Art in General, White Columns, Baxter Street, Cathouse Proper, and other venues.