While other kids played outside, Ashley Holloway spent much of her childhood devouring as many books as she could. By the time she reached junior high, she decided she wanted to learn how to create fantasy worlds and stories to share with the world, even going so far as to write to her favorite author at the time for advice.

A few failed attempts and many, many years later, she has stopped ignoring the writer within to co-author the Crystalline Earth series with Tom Chattle and publish her solo series vintage voyages. Her interests range from sci-fi and fantasy to murder mysteries.

Her other passion is clogging – the kind with taps, not wooden shoes!