Ashley Hay

Ashley Hay
Hay appears for Griffith Review in 2019
Born	1971 (age 53–54)
Occupation	Novelist science writer editor
Notable awards	Colin Roderick Award The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing
Website
www.ashleyhay.com.au

Ashley Hay (born 1971) ^[1] is an Australian writer. She has won awards for both her nonfiction science writing and her novels. In 2018 she was appointed as editor of the Griffith Review . ^[2]

Career

Hay is the author of three novels, including The Railwayman's Wife, joint winner of the 2013 Colin Roderick Award ^[3] and the 2014 People's Choice Award at the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. ^[4]

She won The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing in 2016 for her essay "A Forest at the Edge of Time", ^[5] having previously been a runner-up to Jo Chandler for the inaugural award in 2012. ^[6]

Hay was appointed editor of the Griffith Review in 2018, while founding editor Julianne Schultz took on the publisher's role. ^[7]

Hay's essays and reviews have been published in journals such as The Adelaide Review , Australian Book Review , The Bulletin , Griffith Review, The Independent Monthly, Island, Southerly and Sydney Pen Magazine, as well as in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian newspapers. ^[1]

Works

Novels

• Hay, Ashley (2010). The body in the clouds. Allen & Unwin. ISBN   978-1-74237-242-6.
• Hay, Ashley (2013). The railwayman's wife. Allen & Unwin. ISBN   978-1-74343-281-5.
• Hay, Ashley (2017). A hundred small lessons : a novel. Allen & Unwin. ISBN   978-1-925576-66-5.

Nonfiction

• Hay, Ashley (2000). The secret : the strange marriage of Annabella Milbanke and Lord Byron. Duffy & Snellgrove. ISBN   978-1-875989-59-1.
• Hay, Ashley (2002). Gum. Duffy & Snellgrove. ISBN   978-1-876631-26-0.
• Stacey, Robyn; Hay, Ashley (2004). Herbarium. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-60392-8.
• Stacey, Robyn; Hay, Ashley (2007). Museum : the Macleays, their collections and the search for order. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-87453-3.
• Hay, Ashley, ed. (2014). The best Australian science writing 2014. NewSouth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-74224-188-3.

References

1. "Ashley Hay". AustLit. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
2. ""Ashley Hay"". Griffith Review. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
3. "Edgar and Hay joint winners of 2014 Colin Roderick Award". Books+Publishing. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
4. "Winners 2014 NSW Premier's Literary Awards announced tonight". State Library of New South Wales. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
5. Smith, Deborah (11 November 2016). "Essay on eucalypts wins science writing prize". UNSW Sydney Newsroom. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
6. "Chandler wins inaugural Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing". Books+Publishing. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
7. "A new phase for Griffith Review". Griffith Review. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

External links

• Official website