

Out of Darkness (CarolRhoda Lab) will be out in 2015. Her books include The Knife and the Butterfly (February 2012) and What Can’t Wait (2011), both from CarolRhoda Lab. Her books bring the Latino experience to young adult literature.

She wasn’t in Indiana very long, but long enough to claim her as an Indiana author.

As you read through Ashley’s interview, you’ll realize that she engages with people, landscapes and histories. Will the ghosts of Indiana end up in any of Ashley Hope Perez’s books? Who knows! Perhaps she was too busy during with school work during her time here that she didn’t get to experience Hoosier Hospitality to its fullest. These places give us different lessons and memories that often come back to haunt us in one way or another. Some places come into your life, others for a season.
