Ruby Bowen is an Army war veteran, pilot, poet, and essayist. Her poetry has been published in several anthologies including Invoking The Muse (The Intl Library of Poetry, 2004). Her essays have be...view moreRuby Bowen is an Army war veteran, pilot, poet, and essayist. Her poetry has been published in several anthologies including Invoking The Muse (The Intl Library of Poetry, 2004). Her essays have been selected for publication in a college textbook (An Introduction to Public Speaking, Fountainhead Press, 2010) and Bloomberg’s Business Week Magazine (2011, publication date TBD).
Ruby served in the US Army as a Chemical Operations Specialist for nine years (1997- 2006). In 2003, she deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom and was awarded the Combat Action Badge for her service. She was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and medically retired at the rank of Staff Sergeant.
She is a college administrator in Central Texas where she resides with her husband Anthony, daughter Celia, and canine daughters Daisy and Sydney.view less