A. J. Ashworth is the author of the short story collection Somewhere Else, or Even Here (Salt Publishing), which won the Scott Prize, was nominated for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and shortlisted in the Edge Hill Prize. She is the editor of Red Room: New Short Stories Inspired by the Brontës (Unthank Books), in aid of The Brontë Birthplace Trust. She has won Arts Council England funding and a K. Blundell Trust Award from The Society of Authors and is currently at work on her first novel.