Stories move us.
Editing moves us forward.
As an editor, I work with writers and publishers to polish manuscripts with insight and care. As a writer, I understand what it’s like to trust someone with your work.
Editorial Services
Collaborative, clear-eyed feedback to strengthen your manuscript.
Through supportive critique, empathetic editing, and the creative exchange of ideas, I partner with novel and memoir writers to refine structure, sharpen voice, and bring their stories to full potential. I also provide content strategy and editorial leadership for brands and organizations.
Creative Writing
Fiction rooted in place, work, and family.
My stories appear in journals like Monkeybicycle, Joyland, and SmokeLong Quarterly, among others, and I’m currently at work on a novel. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing and bring a writer’s perspective on the creative process and the craft of writing to all my editorial work.
About Ashley
Ashley Strosnider is a writer and editor from Kentucky currently based out of Jersey City, New Jersey. By day, she’s the editorial director at a content agency, and by night, she’s a longtime writer and freelance editor specializing in book-length manuscripts. Her clients include authors, agents, and small presses. Former managing editor of Prairie Schooner and the African Poetry Book Fund, she holds an MFA from the University of South Carolina, and her work appears in Joyland, Monkeybicycle, New South, SmokeLong Quarterly, and elsewhere. She’s currently at work on a novel exploring family, work, and environmental change in contemporary Appalachia.
Recent Editing Projects
some books I’ve worked on lately
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A tender queer romance about one woman’s rediscovery of choice, hope, and wild love in the wake of her husband’s coma.
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The true story of a Kentucky college art heist, American Animals ushers the reader along a gut-wrenching ride of adolescent self-destruction.
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Two siblings search for the truth about their father amid an opioid-stricken town, a true-crime podcast, and the dark pull of a hidden cult.
2025 by the numbers
2.8 million
words critiqued
24
manuscripts assessed
21
books read for fun
1
cat on the keyboard
Let’s get your story moving.
From concept to completion, my goal is to walk alongside writers on their writing journey. Editorial support looks different for everyone, so let’s chat about what finding your momentum might look like for you.
15+ years of print and digital editing experience
Hundreds of happy clients who’ve grown in their craft
An active creative practice and published work of my own
