Ruby Solly (Kāi Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe) is a writer, taonga pūoro practitoner, musician, and music therapist living in Pōneke. Her first book 'Tōku Pāpā' was published by Te Herenga Waka University Press in 2020. Her second book 'The Artist' is a verse novel that traverses fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, to share pūrākau of our Southern iwi, while sharing knowledge of our cave art and practices. She is currently in the final stages of a PhD in public health investigating the use of taonga pūoro in hauora.