Ruby Macomber (Rotuma/Ngāpuhi) is the author of My Moana Girls (ngā pukapuka pekapeka, 2024). A poet, researcher and arts facilitator; Ruby curated STREETSIDE for the 2025 Auckland Writers Festival and the 2024 New Zealand Young Writers Festival. In 2023 she was the NZYWF Writer in Residence and currently holds a residency with The Factory Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Her work features in national digital and print media, including Mana Moana: Pasifika Voices as part of COP28, Landfall, Metro, The Spinoff, Katūīvei, Rapture and Waka Kuaka. She manages Te Kāhui, a rōpū facilitating equitable arts opportunities in Corrections and communities. She is currently working on a collection of essays and poems exploring anti-carceral Pasifika feminisms.