Ashley ReamBorn and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Ashley Ream got her first job at a newspaper when she was 16. After working in newsrooms across Missouri, Florida and Texas, she gave up the deadlines to pursue fiction.In 2003, she migrated to Los Angeles an fell in love with the city and its people, which have become the centerpiece of her work. A lifelong believer in the importance of social change, Ashley spends her days working for a nonprofit building better lives for the city’s residents.She’s at work on her next novel. Read More Read Less