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                            Introduction
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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
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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
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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
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Young Adult
* 'Suffer Love' (HMH, 2016)
* 'How to Make a Wish' (HMH, 2017)
* 'Girl Made of Stars' (HMH, 2018)

Middle Grade
* '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)

Bright Falls series
* '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)

Clover Lake series
* 'Dream on, Ramona Riley' (Berkley Books, 2025)
* 'Get Over It, April Evans' (Berkley Books, 2026)


                               Awards
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* 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'


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