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Trisha Ashley is a British author of romantic fiction. She has written over 20 novels, many of them Sunday Times Bestsellers, as well as publishing short stories and poetry. She was nominated for The Constable Trophy for Northern Writers in the 1980s, the Melissa Nathan Award for Romantic Comedy in 2009 and 2010, and the RoNA Award for Romantic Comedy Novel in 2018 and 2021. In 2010 her novel Every Woman for Herself was voted one of The Three Best Romantic Novels of the Last 50 Years by the readers of Woman's Weekly in association with the Romantic Novelists Association (RNA). She also studied Architectural glass at Swansea School of Art. Early life Ashley was born in St Helens on 15 April [year?], in the front room over her mother's shoe shop. Having failed her 11+, she attended Rivington Secondary School, and later studied Architectural glass at Swansea School of Art.She had poetry published in the local newspaper before she reached her teens. A secondary school English teacher, Miss White, encouraged her writing and arranged for her to learn to touch type, which proved increasingly invaluable over the years as her vision has steadily deteriorated.She has had a wide variety of part-time jobs, including working for a lead light maker and plumber, but for many years has been able to write full time. Writing Ashley's early novels were domestic satires, with a brief diversion into historical romance, but it was when one of her satires (My Place in the Country, later re-written as Good Husband Material 2000) was shortlisted for The Constable Trophy for Northern Writers in the 1980s, that she began, with the encouragement of her agent, Judith Murdoch, to move towards romantic comedy. She has now had over 20 novels published in this genre, many of them Sunday Times Bestsellers. Her first major success was with Twelve Days of Christmas (2010). Her novels have been translated into many languages including Italian, Portuguese, German and Russian. Her latest novel is The Wedding Dress Repair Shop (2023). Her next novel, The Christmas Retreat, has been announced and is expected to release in late 2024. Bibliography Novels Good Husband Material (2000) (Reprinted under the same title 2013) The Urge to Jump (2001) (Reprinted as A Leap of Faith 2016) Every Woman for Herself (2002) (Reprinted under the same title 2014) Singled Out (2003) (Reprinted as A Good Heart is Hard to Find 2018) The Generous Gardener (2004) (Reprinted as Sowing Secrets) 2008) Sweet Nothings (2007) (Rewritten as The Magic of Christmas 2011) Lord Rayven's Revenge (2007) Happy Endings (2008) (Reprinted as Written from the Heart 2019) Sowing Secrets (2008) (Reprint of The Generous Gardener 2004) A Winter's Tale (2008) (Reprinted under the same title 2017) Wedding Tiers (2009) Chocolate Wishes (2010) Twelve Days of Christmas (2010) (Reprinted under the same title 2017) The Magic of Christmas (2011) (Rewrite of Sweet Nothings 2007) Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues (2012) Wish Upon a Star (2013) Creature Comforts (2015) A Christmas Cracker (2015) A Leap of Faith (2016) (Reprint of The Urge to Jump 2001) The Little Teashop of Lost and Found (2017) A Good Heart is Hard to Find (2018) (Reprint of Singled Out 2003) The House of Hopes and Dreams (2018) Written from the Heart (2019) (Reprint of Happy Endings 2008) The Christmas Invitation (2019) The Garden of Forgotten Wishes (2020) One More Christmas at the Castle (2021) The Wedding Dress Repair Shop (2023)Short Stories Finding Mr. Rochester (2014) (E-Book short story) A Piece of Cake (2014) (E-Book short story) Footsteps in the Snow (2014) (E-Book collection of her magazine short stories etc.) A Vintage Christmas (2015) (E-Book short story)Anthologies Loves Me, Loves Me Not (2009) (Contributed short story) Fabulous at Fifty (2010) (Contributed) They Can't Take That Away From Me (2011) (Contributed) Women Aloud (2011) (Contributed short story) (Audio anthology for charity (the Helena Kennedy Foundation))Awards 1980s- Shortlisted for The Constable Trophy for Northern Writers for My Place in the Country (Later re-written as Good Husband Material 2000) 2009– Shortlisted for The Melissa Nathan Award for A Winter's Tale 2010– Shortlisted for The Melissa Nathan Award for Every Woman for Herself 2010– Voted one of the Top 3 Best Romantic Novels of the Last 50 Years by the readers of Woman's Weekly in conjunction with the Romantic Novelists Association (RNA) for Every Woman for Herself 2018– Shortlisted for the RoNAs (RNA Awards) Romantic Comedy Novel Award for The Little Teashop of Lost and Found 2021– Shortlisted for the RoNAs (RNA Awards) Romantic Comedy Novel Award for The Garden of Forgotten WishesThe Trisha Ashley Award The Trisha Ashley Award (TAA) was set up to encourage new writers and is an annual prize for a short story, in conjunction with Creative Writing Matters. It was awarded from 2017 to 2022. TAA Winning Authors 2017– Andrew Stiggers for Fields of Mud 2018– Louise Farr for Moon Jellies 2019– Ilaria Warren for Foie Gras 2020– Jo Holmwood for Rock 2021– Catherine Ogston for Ten Steps to Mending a Broken Heart 2022– Aneeta Sundararaj for A Love LetterPersonal life She is divorced, with one son, Robin Ashley, and now lives in North Wales, where her maternal grandmother came from. References External links The Official Trisha Ashley Website The Official Trishaworld Website Judith Murdoch Literary Agent. Discover the Trisha Ashley popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Trisha Ashley books.