Author: Noah Ashenhurst
Bio: Noah Ashenhurst (born 1972) is the author of the novel Comfort Food which won the 2006 Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Regional Fiction (West-Pacific). The novel is set primarily in the Pacific Northwest and deals with six characters who struggle to find their place and purpose in the world.

Noah Ashenhurst grew up in Boulder, Colorado where he attended Boulder High School. He attended Western Washington University and the University of Colorado. He has worked in a salmon cannery in Alaska, has traveled to Budapest and Prague, and remodeled houses in Boulder. He currently lives in Mason County, Washington. He is also an English and creative writing instructor in Olympia, Washington.

He formerly taught English and creative writing for North Mason High School in Belfair, Wa.

He is currently working on his MFA through Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University, and his second novel.

Noah's official site can be found at http://www.noahashenhurst.com