Ashley Mace Havird
Ashley Mace Havird grew up on a tobacco farm in South Carolina. She has published three collections of poems, including THE GARDEN OF THE FUGITIVES (2014), which won the 2013 X. J. Kennedy Prize. Her poems and stories have appeared in many journals, including Shenandoah, The Southern Review, and The Virginia Quarterly Review. LIGHTNINGSTRUCK, winner of the 2015 Ferrol Sams Award, is her first novel. Learn more about her at ashleymacehavird.com.