Ruth Estelle was born in Zimbabwe then raised in a feminist eco-commune in the Adelaide Hills. Her three unpublished novels formed the basis of her first optioned screenplays - Cornucopia, Sex Angst Love, and All Fall Down. She has had multiple commissions and worked across a variety of formats, including TV, animation, feature film, and podcast. Ruth's work has been funded by state and national agencies, and short-listed in national and international competitions. Ruth has been in a highly productive writing partnership with Pete Monaghan for over a decade. As well as their own projects, Word Ninjas have script-edited and co-written award-winning projects with their clients. Wishes – their preschool animation with Karu Karu - won Best Short Film Production of the Year at the 2025 SPA Awards. Ruth wrote the web series Behind The Seams for Imara Films which had over 70000 views in its first month, won the best series pilot at the Sydney Indie Short Festival, and the LA Script Award in 2022. OK BOOMER – a feature co-written with Pete Monaghan – is being produced by Brouhaha Entertainment and due to go into production soon. Ruth recently worked as Development and Production Executive at The Mercury and also works part-time as Business and Media Manager for UK business, Emotion Coaching. She also writes a regular column on Substack under the name 100% HUMAN.