Ashley Packard writes adult romantasy and freelance journalism.

A woman standing on a small arched bridge over a canal in Venice, Italy, with colorful old buildings on either side and a clear blue sky above.

Ashley is writing her debut, The Prophecy of the Blue Moon, an adult fantasy romance and the first in a planned Fate of the Moon trilogy. She plans to seek literary representation.

To save her captured sister, Chloe Everstone, whose magic never surfaced, must survive deadly celestial trials beside her charming childhood friend and the brooding, lethal leader of the fugitives, as an ancient prophecy draws all three sisters toward the throne.

Her fiction blends astrology-infused world building with emotionally charged storytelling and propulsive plots.

Her nonfiction writing has appeared in digital publications such as National Geographic, JoySauce, and Business Insider, and in print in Saveur, among others. She covers travel, culture, lifestyle, food, and drink.

For representation inquiries, collaborations, speaking engagements, or press trips, please get in touch.

A person sitting on rocky terrain watching a volcanic eruption with flowing lava and smoke in the background

When she’s not writing, Ashley likely has a strawberry matcha in hand, and is planning a trip. She loves to travel and can be found on a pilates reformer, hiking, biking, or is lost in an audiobook.

Some of her most unforgettable experiences include kayaking through Norway’s Nærøyfjord, hiked overnight to watch a volcanic eruption in Iceland, paragliding over the Swiss Alps on her first solo trip, and snowmobiling to an ice cave on a glacier during one of her two wedding ceremonies in Iceland.