Ashley Herring Blake
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Ashley Herring Blake | |
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| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Master's Degree in Teaching |
| Alma mater | Berry College |
| Genre | Young adult fiction |
| Years active | 2016-now |
| Notable works | Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World, Girl Made of Stars |
| Notable awards | Stonewall Honor 2019 |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
| ashleyherringblake | |
Ashley Herring Blake is an American author of children's fiction, best known for her Stonewall Honor Book Award-winning middle grade debut Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World and Girl Made of Stars.
She enrolled in college as a voice major, but changed it before the first semester.[1] Blake has a master's degree from Berry College.[2] Prior to becoming an author, Blake worked as a bookseller, teacher, and ABA therapist.[3][2] She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her family. She is openly bisexual.[4]
Selected works
In 2019, her middle grade debut Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World, about a 12-year-old who is struggling with her attraction to girls in the wake of a natural catastrophe, was chosen as a Stonewall Honor Book.[5][6] Her third young adult novel Girl Made of Stars, about a bisexual teen whose brother gets accused of having raped her best friend, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award.[7][8]
