Leah Ashton is an Australian author of

contemporary romance Contemporary romance is a subgenre of romance novels, generally set contemporaneously with the time of its writing. The largest of the romance novel subgenres, contemporary romance novels usually reflect the mores of their time. Heroines in the co ...

. In 2014, she received

Romance Writers of America Romance Writers of America (RWA) is an American non-profit writers' association founded in 1980. Its mission is to "advance the professional and common business interests of career-focused romance writers through networking and advocacy and by incr ...

's RITA Award for Best Short Contemporary Series Romance for ''Why Resist a Rebel?''.

Biography

Ashton lives in Perth, Western Australia and works as an IT Project Manager at a university.

Bibliography

Stand-alone works

* * * * * * ''Out Run the Night''. Leah Ashton. March 2020. * ''Defiant''. Leah Ashton. April 2019.

Awards and reception

* 2014 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Short Contemporary Series Romance for ''Why Resist a Rebel?'' * 2020 – Romance Writers of Australia Ruby Award for Romantic Suspense for ''Out Run the Night''

References

External links

Author's Blog

Author's Website
Living people 21st-century Australian novelists Australian women novelists Australian romantic fiction writers RITA Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian women writers Women romantic fiction writers {{Australia-writer-stub