Laura Spence-Ash

Laura Spence-Ash’s debut novel, Beyond That, the Sea, was published in the US by Celadon Books in March 2023. The New York Times said, 'The plot of Laura Spence-Ash’s Beyond That, the Sea is rooted in the home-front upheavals of World War II, but it’s also a timeless exploration of what it means to create a family, of how dreams can die and be reborn in surprising ways'. Her short fiction has appeared in One Story, New England Review, Crazyhorse and elsewhere. She earned her MFA in Fiction from Rutgers-Newark where she received the Presidential Fellowship.