Ashley Cowger

About me

Industry Education
Occupation College English Instructor
Location Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Introduction I am a fiction and nonfiction writer, as well as a college English instructor. My short story collection Peter Never Came was awarded the Autumn House Press Fiction Prize and was published in January 2011. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and I live in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with my husband, daughter, and cat.
Interests Writing, Reading, Movies, Music, Nintendo
Favorite Movies Amelie, Lost in Translation, Floundering, Ella Enchanted, The Triplets of Belleville, Wall-E, The Princess Bride, Dawn of the Dead, Little Miss Sunshine, Some Like It Hot, The Seven Year Itch, Say Anything, Run Lola Run
Favorite Music Morrissey, Vampire Weekend, Daft Punk, The Killers, Ray LaMontagne, The Bouncing Souls, Screeching Weasel, The Strokes
Favorite Books Peter Pan, The Little Prince, Les Miserables, The Princess Bride, Everything by Nick Horby, Everything by Rick Moody, Everything by J.D. Salinger, Everything by Brett Easton Ellis, The Series of Unfortunate Events Books, Orson Scott Card's Ender Series