Ashley Hay is a writer who lives in Brisbane, Australia.
Her latest novel, The Railwayman’s Wife, was first published in Australia in 2013 by Allen and Unwin.
It was awarded the Colin Roderick Prize ("for the best book published in 2013 reflecting Australian life") by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies and also won the People’s Choice Award at the 2014 NSW Premier’s Prize. It was longlisted for that year's Miles Franklin and Nita B. Kibble awards, and shortlisted for the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the NSW Premier’s Prize.
The Railwayman's Wife was published in the UK in 2014 and in the US in April 2016. You can find details of this – and see its luscious American cover – over here.
In recent news, her essay, "The Bus Stop", has been selected for inclusion in Creative Nonfiction's edition on The Weather. And she has a new short story – "What Happens Next" – in Griffith Review 52: Imagining the Future.
Her new novel will be published in 2017.
