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Born | 15 April St Helens, Merseyside, England |
Occupation | Writer |
Period | 2000–present |
Genre | Romance, romantic comedy, historical romance |
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Trisha Ashley is a British author of romantic fiction. She has written over 20 novels, many of them Sunday Times Bestsellers, [1] as well as publishing short stories and poetry. She was nominated for The Constable Trophy for Northern Writers [2] in the 1980s, the Melissa Nathan Award for Romantic Comedy in 2009 [3] and 2010, [4] and the RoNA Award for Romantic Comedy Novel in 2018 [5] and 2021. [6] In 2010 her novel Every Woman for Herself was voted one of The Three Best Romantic Novels of the Last 50 Years [7] [8] by the readers of Woman's Weekly in association with the Romantic Novelists Association (RNA).
Ashley was born in St Helens, in the front room over her mother's shoe shop. She had poetry published in the local newspaper before she reached her teens. Having failed her 11+, she attended Rivington Secondary School. Her secondary school English teacher, Miss White, encouraged her writing and arranged for her to learn to touch type, which proved increasingly invaluable over the years as her vision has steadily deteriorated. [9]
She later studied Architectural glass at Swansea School of Art. [10] [11] Before turning to writing full time, she held a wide variety of part-time jobs, including working for a lead light maker and as a plumber. [9]
She is divorced, with one son, Robin Ashley, and now lives in North Wales, where her maternal grandmother came from. [10]
Ashley's early novels were domestic satires, with a brief diversion into historical romance. When one of her satires (My Place in the Country, later re-written as Good Husband Material 2000) was shortlisted for The Constable Trophy for Northern Writers in the 1980s, she began, with the encouragement of her agent, Judith Murdoch, to move towards romantic comedy. Ashley has had over 20 novels published in this genre, many of them Sunday Times Bestsellers. [12] Her first major success was with Twelve Days of Christmas (2010). Her novels have been translated into many languages including Italian, Portuguese, German and Russian. Her latest novel is The Wedding Dress Repair Shop (2023). Her next novel, The Christmas Retreat, is expected to be released in late 2024.
The Trisha Ashley Award [14] (TAA) was set up to encourage new writers and is an annual prize for a short story, in conjunction with Creative Writing Matters. [15] It was awarded from 2017 to 2022.
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Trisha Ashley | |
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Born | 15 April St Helens, Merseyside, England |
Occupation | Writer |
Period | 2000–present |
Genre | Romance, romantic comedy, historical romance |
Website | |
www |
Trisha Ashley is a British author of romantic fiction. She has written over 20 novels, many of them Sunday Times Bestsellers, [1] as well as publishing short stories and poetry. She was nominated for The Constable Trophy for Northern Writers [2] in the 1980s, the Melissa Nathan Award for Romantic Comedy in 2009 [3] and 2010, [4] and the RoNA Award for Romantic Comedy Novel in 2018 [5] and 2021. [6] In 2010 her novel Every Woman for Herself was voted one of The Three Best Romantic Novels of the Last 50 Years [7] [8] by the readers of Woman's Weekly in association with the Romantic Novelists Association (RNA).
Ashley was born in St Helens, in the front room over her mother's shoe shop. She had poetry published in the local newspaper before she reached her teens. Having failed her 11+, she attended Rivington Secondary School. Her secondary school English teacher, Miss White, encouraged her writing and arranged for her to learn to touch type, which proved increasingly invaluable over the years as her vision has steadily deteriorated. [9]
She later studied Architectural glass at Swansea School of Art. [10] [11] Before turning to writing full time, she held a wide variety of part-time jobs, including working for a lead light maker and as a plumber. [9]
She is divorced, with one son, Robin Ashley, and now lives in North Wales, where her maternal grandmother came from. [10]
Ashley's early novels were domestic satires, with a brief diversion into historical romance. When one of her satires (My Place in the Country, later re-written as Good Husband Material 2000) was shortlisted for The Constable Trophy for Northern Writers in the 1980s, she began, with the encouragement of her agent, Judith Murdoch, to move towards romantic comedy. Ashley has had over 20 novels published in this genre, many of them Sunday Times Bestsellers. [12] Her first major success was with Twelve Days of Christmas (2010). Her novels have been translated into many languages including Italian, Portuguese, German and Russian. Her latest novel is The Wedding Dress Repair Shop (2023). Her next novel, The Christmas Retreat, is expected to be released in late 2024.
The Trisha Ashley Award [14] (TAA) was set up to encourage new writers and is an annual prize for a short story, in conjunction with Creative Writing Matters. [15] It was awarded from 2017 to 2022.