Ashley Herring Blake

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. 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 husband and two children.
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 nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.
Bibliography.
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Awards.
Won
Nominations