Ruth Goring Author & Translator

Ruth Goring grew up in a large, lively missionary family in Colombia, and in recent years she has provided accompaniment and advocacy to human rights defenders in that country. A former longtime editor at InterVarsity Press (USA), she currently edits books at the University of Chicago Press and teaches in the Graham School’s editing certificate program. Her IVP books include Date Rape, Environmental Stewardship, Meeting God in Quiet, Meeting God in Relationships, and Singleness. She has also published two books of poetry, Soap Is Political (Glass Lyre) and Yellow Doors (WordFarm), and a children’s picture book in English and Spanish, Adriana’s Angels / Los ángeles de Adriana (Sparkhouse Family).