Ashley Kalagian  Blunt

Ashley Kalagian Blunt is the author of Dark Mode, a psychological thriller out in 2023 from Ultimo Press. Her earlier books are How to Be Australian and My Name Is Revenge, a finalist in the 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award. Her writing appears in the Sydney Morning Herald, Overland, Griffith Review, Sydney Review of Books, Australian Book Review, Kill Your Darlings and more. Ashley co-hosts James and Ashley Stay at Home, a podcast about writing, creativity and health, and teaches creative writing. Originally from Canada, she has lived and worked in South Korea, Peru and Mexico.