ABOUT ASHTON

Ashton Lattimore is an award-winning author, journalist, and former lawyer. Her debut novel, ALL WE WERE PROMISED, was a Book of the Month Club pick, a Washington Post and NPR Best Book of 2024, and one of PEOPLE Magazine's Best New Books for April 2024. The book also received the First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.

By day, Ashton is the executive editor of The Preamble, and chair of the board of directors of nonprofit news outlet Prism. Her nonfiction writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Slate, CNN, Essence, and elsewhere.

She’s a native of New Jersey, where she lives with her husband and two sons.