Prose talks to the New York Times Bestselling Author Kristen Ashley.

This week we talk to the New York Times Bestselling Author Kristen Ashley.

All Kristen ever wanted to do was write. Somehow, she got into the charity biz and found another calling. She worked for the Rocky Mountain MS Center and the Colorado Neurological Institute before moving to England. Now she does both, working for The Pituitary Foundation in Bristol, UK by day, sitting at her computer typing out stories by night.

She has released well over 40 and has a huge following for her variety of contemporary romance series of novels and characters. You only have to glance at her Amazon reviews to see the plethora of five stars she is regularly showered with by her loyal fans; a success reflected in her many awards, nominations and accolades.

We ask Kristen what inspired her to become an author.

“This is a great question and honestly one I’ve never thought of, I think, because it just happened. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t a reader. I was always pulling from the shelf and opening those big, hardback, Disney books with the illustrated stories from my earliest memories. I segued into reading romance novels—Harlequin Presents that I nicked from my mother—when I was around twelve and I was hooked. I was that kid who wrote to relatives. Always got notecards and stationery from my mom for birthdays and Christmas, I wrote so much. Who knows what I had to say as a kid? I was just compelled to do it. Thinking on all that, I imagine that I was just born to write. And luckily, I followed that compulsion!"

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