Ruth Webster is a retired National Board Certified Teacher of social studies and language arts. She is a docent and transcriber at the Civil War room at the Carnegie Library in Carnegie, PA, and is a member of the Daughters of Union Veterans.  A native of Covington, Kentucky, her work has been published in magazines, newspapers, literary journals, and anthologies over many decades. Upon her retirement from the public school system in Maryland, Ruth went from teaching U.S. History in a classroom to doing the same via historical novels. She hopes, always, that her books educate as well as entertain.

She is a member of the Daughters of Union Veterans.  Her 2021 engagements include speaking at museums in Kentucky and Pennsylvania and book fairs in both states.

Cousins at War  Union vs. Confederate. They were brothers and first cousins. Frank, Sam, Alex, and Marion–forced to choose sides in a divided Kentucky. Their state would rage. Family ties rupture. Loyalties be questioned. Four young men would become “Cousins at War”. Inspired by the service of actual Civil War soldiers. Based on military records from the National Archives, regimental reports, historical newspaper accounts, historical and genealogical research.

Ruth’s work has been recognized by the following:

2020 Novel Beginning award from Kentucky Monthly Magazine
2020 and 2018 Historical Fiction award from TAZ (the authors’ zone)
2013 Fiction Prize from the Backbone Mountain Review (Maryland)
2009 Stanier Award from the Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival (Harmony St. Collaboration).

Books by Ruth

Henry: The Jersey Brigade, 2017
Jesse: 53rd Kentucky, 2018
Cousins at War, 2019

Ruth’s website is http://ruthochswebster.com/