LOUISE WALLACE is the author of four collections of poems, including THIS IS A STORY ABOUT YOUR MOTHER (2023). She is the founder and editor of Starling, an online journal publishing the work of young writers from Aotearoa, and the editor of Orongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2022. She is a recipient of the Biggs Prize for Poetry and a Robert Burns fellow. She grew up in Gisborne and lives in Otepoti Dunedin.

ASH is her debut novel.