As of 2019, she had released three series' worth of books through traditional publishing. In 2013, Ashley signed her first traditional publishing contract, with Grand Central Publishing's Forever line. Once her writing career reached a certain threshold, Ashley hired help she now has an assistant and works with graphic designers, proofreaders, and copyeditors. Between her day job and her writing and publishing efforts, Ashley worked, on average, 14–16 hours a day, seven days a week, for years.

Her readership expanded after a major blogger reviewed one of her novels, Sweet Dreams. She released three or four of her previously written titles each month and found an audience relatively quickly. Īshley finally decided to publish her work independently on Kindle. She attempted to find an agent or a publisher for her works but was consistently rejected. Over 15 years, Ashley wrote almost 25 romance novels. As an adult, Ashley began writing books in the evenings, after she finished a long day of working in the medical field - first at the Rocky Mountain MS Center, then the Colorado Neurological Institute, and then, after a move to Bristol, England, at The Pituitary Foundation.

At age 12, she began surreptitiously borrowing her mother's Harlequin Presents romance novels and fell in love with the genre. Two of her novels have been adapted into film.Īshley has always enjoyed books.

Kristen Ashley (born Kristen A L Moutaw: April 8, 1968) is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 75 books in 14 languages, with over three million copies sold.

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