Ashley Richardson

Ashley Richardson is a born and raised New Yorker and Twin Cities transplant. She has learned (with ease) to call both home. Recently, Ashley has received grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and Art to Change the World. Her short story “The Things My Afro Knows” was a finalist in the 46th New Millennium Writing Awards and published in Tulip Tree’s 2018 anthology, Stories That Need To Be Told. Her in-progress novel, Far Cry From A Woman, was a finalist in the 2021 Miami Fellowship for Emerging Writers. Ashley graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in fiction from Minnesota State University, Mankato.