Ruthie has been a published author for more than thirty years but has always
written fiction, ever since she was small. She diverted from her original aim, to be
a hugely successful secular author, to writing for the Jewish market, and has
made a big name for herself in this smaller and more exclusive world.

Her first published works were the Rifki Nesher trilogy, Working It Out, Getting It Right, and Making It Last. They follow the fortunes of a frum young woman who
wants to be a doctor. Although these books are no longer in print, she still meets
women who attribute their medical careers to having read the trilogy in a “if Rifki
Nesher can do it, I can do it!” kind of way. These books are available as eBooks
on Amazon.

She then wrote the very emotional Daniel My Son, a fictionalized account of her
and her husband’s experience as foster parents. Following a hiatus of ten years,
Ruthie Pearlman found her unique genre, and is now probably one of the only
frum female thriller writers. She has written over fifteen crime thriller novels.

She writes serials for the American Jewish weekly magazine Ami, which become
books when they are completed. Ruthie has never gone down the self-publishing
route, saying, “My principle is, if my books are worth publishing, someone will
publish them at their own expense.”

Besides writing fiction, Ruthie is an accomplished lyricist. “I have always wanted
to have lyrics of mine sung and performed in a stage musical,” she told me. “In
2016 this item on my ‘bucket list’ came true when I wrote all the lyrics for the
songs in a show called Daddy Act, written and produced by, and starring my
daughter Avigayil Hool. I also had a cameo role in it, and one of my proudest
moments was standing on stage with the entire cast for the finale, all of us
singing the songs I had written. It was truly a dream come true.”

Ruthie and her husband Joseph made aliyah in 2015 and live in Jerusalem.