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Ashley Winstead
Ashley Winstead is an academic turned novelist with a Ph.D. in contemporary American literature. She lives in Houston with her husband, two cats, and beloved wine fridge. She is the author of Midnight is the Darkest Hour , In My Dreams I Hold a Knife, and The Last Housewife.