Ashley Herring Blake is an American author of children's, young adult, and adult 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. Blake has a master's degree from Berry College. Prior to becoming an author, Blake worked as a bookseller, teacher, and ABA therapist. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her family. She is openly bisexual.
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. 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.
Bibliography Young adult fiction Suffer Love (HMH, 2016) How to Make a Wish (HMH, 2017) Girl Made of Stars (HMH, 2018)
Middle grade fiction Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2018) The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2019) Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2021)
Adult fiction Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Berkley Books, 2022) Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Berkley Books, 2022) Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Berkley Books, 2023) Make the Season Bright (Berkley Books, 2024) Dream on, Ramona Riley (Berkley Books, 2025) Get Over It, April Evans (Berkley Books, 2026)
Awards Winner, Stonewall Honor Book in Children's and Young Adult Literature for Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World Finalist, Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Children's/Young for Girl Made of Stars 2022 - New York Public Library Best Books for Adults 2022 – Delilah Green Doesn't Care
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