Ruby Dhal
Ruby Dhal is a content creator, poet, performer, and best-selling author of several self-published books. Her subjects are mental health, love, heartbreak, grief, loss, moving on and self-love.
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Biography
Ruby Dhal is a content creator, performer, and bestselling self-published author of 5 books of micro poetry, prose and bitesize self-help, with a social media following of over half a million. She had a tough start in life and turned to books as a form of escapism, gaining a Master’s in Philosophy from King’s College London and eventually using her pain to inspire her writing. In 2017 Ruby was only 1 of 7 South Asian Women in the world to be included in the Harper’s Bazaar Writer Hotlist and the following year she was included in Untwine.Me’s list of ‘100 Incredible Instapoets’.
Ruby currently creates content on mental health, love, heartbreak, grief, loss, moving on, self-love and healing journeys via various social media platforms, with her work garnering millions of impressions each week. She is loved and appreciated all around the world, including by celebrities such as Rochelle and Marvin Humes, Paris Hilton, Grammy-nominated singer Candice Pillay, Khloe Kardashian, and influencers in the self-love space including Vex King.
She is an ambassador for the mental health charity Be Free Campaign and last year was nominated for the ‘Young Achiever’ category in the South Asian Women of Achievement Awards. She was also listed as one of ‘20 under 40 inspirational leaders to follow in 2021’.
Books
Ruby’s self-published titles sold more than 50,000 copies, and after a heated auction her first mainstream trade book, THE PATH TO SELF LOVE, was acquired by Ebury for publication in 2024.
‘A sanctuary of comfort and self-discovery.’ - Vex King