Ridley was raised on a farm in Saskatchewan and studied at York University in Toronto.
[1] She now lives in Ottawa, where she has taught at Carleton University.
[2] She is the author of four books of poetry including Post-Apothecary (Pedlar Press, 2011), which was shortlisted for the Archibald Lampman Award and the ReLit Awards.
[3] Ridley's book Silvija (BookThug, 2016) was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2017.
[4][5] In 2024, she won the Pat Lowther Award from the League of Canadian Poets for Vixen.