Ruth Adam

Ruth Augusta Adam, née King (1907-1977), was a novelist, playwright, biographer and radio writer, as well as a comics writer for Girl (Hulton Press)|Girl]].

From 1944 to 1976 she wrote the women's page for the Church of England Newspaper. In 1948 she wrote an article entitled "Comics and Shockers", about the influence of American comics on British children, leading her to contact Marcus Morris, whose similar concerns led him to create Eagle and Girl. Strips she wrote include "Susan of St. Bride's", about a student nurse, drawn by Peter Kay, Ray Bailey and Philip Townsend, and "Lindy Love", about a girl just our of school who has to care for her family, also drawn by Peter Kay.

She died in London on 3 February 1977.