Maureen A. Ruhl is a former banker, businesswoman, advocate, and survivor. Maureen began writing in 2014 as part of the Renovo Storytellers series with Bob Shank and Donna Kshir, as part of a Heritage HQ community project to document the town's history; adding a 3 part-book series on power plants moving into despairing rural towns and behind-the-scenes etiquette of small-town politics and corruption.