Ruth Myers (handwriting analyst)

Ruth Myers is a professional forensic handwriting analyst. She specialises in analysing poison pen letters and forgeries, some of which go to court. Myers uses scientific techniques to examine documents which also include personality assessment, using only a sample of handwriting. She analyses drawn doodles as well as written text.
Myers appeared on Big Brother's Little Brother in July 2010, and has also been on BBC Radio 2, The Paul O' Grady Show, Sky News, BBC Wales and other media, including the News of the World which was shut down in 2011. She has also analysed Prince William and Kate Middleton's handwriting for The Sun newspaper, as well as many other celebrities, including Michael Jackson and Gordon Brown.
Her latest television appearance was on The Alan Titchmarsh Show in 2012, where she looked at brief examples of handwriting on small stands, and in a humorous revelation, when Myers claims that one sample is "aggressive", Titchmarsh admits that it is his own handwriting. Ruth later met Liz Jones, whose handwriting she had summed up as "artistic" before knowing who she genuinely was. All the conclusions she made were deemed accurate and impressive by the presenter, Liz Jones and the studio audience.

Myers was born in London to parents Simon and Anne Olins. Their family originated from Russia, Austria and other Eastern European areas. Circa the 1970s, she owned a clothes shop.

Ruth Myers has had various media appearances to explain the profession of graphology. As well as appearing on BBC Radio and Sky News, Myers' handwriting analysis has been commissioned by many newspapers such as The Sun who asked her to analyse Prince William and Kate Middleton's message in a guestbook.

On the 23 January 2015, Myers wrote an article for The Daily Mirror in honour of Handwriting Day, explaining how different factors of the way people write, for example pressure of the pen or size of the writing, are indicative of their personality.

In June 2015, Myers' analysis of Rolf Harris' handwriting was featured in an article for The Mail on Sunday written by journalist Olga Craig after the ex-entertainer and convicted sex offender wrote a jail song goading the women and girls he attacked.

It shows a man who is creative but difficult and defensive. Outwardly he is pleasant but in reality he cannot be truthful and is in denial. He will make excuses and justify his actions rather than face up to reality. He will pretend his deceit does not exist – to him his conscience is clear. He is stubborn and inflexible and causes much disharmony. He is full of resentment, shown by the straight initial long strokes to many of his letters.

— Ruth Myers on Rolf Harris, The Mail on Sunday