Ashley Herring Blake Explained

Awards:Stonewall Honor 2019
Years Active:2016-now
Children:2
Notableworks:Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World, Girl Made of Stars
Genre:Young adult fiction
Language:English
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Berry College
Education:Master's Degree in Teaching

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.

Personal life

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] 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]

Bibliography

Young Adult

Middle Grade

Bright Falls series

Awards

Won

Finalist

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview with Ashley Herring Blake. Nita. 2017-04-28. YA Pride. en-US. 2019-04-09.
  2. Web site: Meet the Author: Ashley Herring Blake. victoriajcoe. 2015-02-02. The Sweet Sixteens. en. 2019-04-09.
  3. Web site: Better Know an Author: Ashley Herring Blake. Adler. Dahlia. 2018-04-02. LGBTQ Reads. en. 2019-04-09.
  4. Web site: Ashley Herring Blake. Ashley Herring Blake. en-US. 2019-04-09.
  5. Web site: 'Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World' by Ashley Herring Blake. Kirichanskaya. Michele. 2018-04-25. Lambda Literary. 2019-04-09.
  6. Web site: Stonewall Book Awards List. admin. 2009-09-09. Round Tables. en. 2019-04-09.
  7. Web site: See The Cover For This Must-Read YA Novel About Consent & Sexual Assault. Oulton. Emma. Bustle. en. 2019-04-09.
  8. Web site: Announcing the 2019 Lambda Literary Awards Nominations. Talusan. Meredith. 2019-03-07. them.. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191101163403/https://www.them.us/story/2019-lambda-literary-awards. 2019-11-01. 2019-04-09.
  9. Web site: 2019 Lambda Literary Awards Nominees. Glyer. Mike. 2019-03-07. File 770. en-US. 2019-04-09.

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