Ashley Hay works as a writer, editor, facilitator and mentor.

Her most recent novel is A Hundred Small Lessons, which was published in Australia, the US (as celebrated by USA Today), the UK, and in Italy. In 2021, she released a revised and updated of her narrative non-fiction book, Gum: The Story of Eucalypts and Their Champions – for which, in part, she received the 2025 Bjarne K Dahl Medal from Eucalypt Australia, which 'publicly recognises and rewards those who have made a significant and sustained contribution to eucalypts'. 

She lives and works on unceded Jagera and Turrbal lands in Magandjin (Brisbane), just in from the eastern edge of Australia.
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