WPS 2026 Day 16: Ash Spring

 

Wonderland Pride Spotlight Day 16: Ash Spring

Welcome to day 16 of the 2026 Wonderland Pride Spotlight! This is my way to help champion LGBTQ+ books and authors this Pride month! Today I am interviewing Ash Spring. Be sure to check out my Instagram for even more excitement with this event!

Ash Spring's LGBTQ+ Release

• Spitfire

• Smoke and Mirrors

• Yield the Ghost (out in July)

The Interview

1. Are you LGBTQ+? If so, how?

"Polyamorous, asexual, panromantic, and nonbinary"

2. What rep do your books have?

"All 3 books have multiple instances of polyamory, gay and lesbian relationships and characters, and nonbinary characters"

3. If you were to write in a different genre, what would it be?

"I tend to write a range of genres as is - I'm currently working on a found family portal fantasy with an aromantic FMC, and my published/soon-to-be-published works are superhero sci-fi, and I have projects started which fall into more space opera sci-fi and (vaguely) historical fantasy genres - but I'd write erotica if I was brave enough to publish it."

4. What is your biggest writing inspiration?

"Anne McCaffrey, Tamora Pierce, J.R.R. Tolkien, and China Miéville are all authors I really enjoy reading and who kept my love of reading alive.

But music in general tends to be my main inspiration, whether it's a vibe or a lyric or a mood or whatever. I don't write without music! At the moment I'm listening to a lot of Lydia the Bard, Rabbitology, The Crane Wives, Lilith Max, Yaelokre, and The Amazing Devil while I work on my current WIP."

5. Anything exciting for you on the horizon?

"I'm finally launching book 3 of my superhero sci-fi trilogy in July! 'Yield the Ghost' is the final installment of The Villainess Trilogy and I'm so keen.

6. Who is a queer figure you look up to?

"Oh this is hard for me to answer! Uh... I don't know if it's considered 'looking up to' them, but I really like and admire Sir Ian McKellen, Janelle Monáe, Freddie Mercury, and Hayley Kiyoko. Is it a bit telling that my answers are mostly musicians?"

Outro

I adore this excuse to conduct little author interviews! Happy Pride everyone! Stay tuned tomorrow for another amazing indie author and their LGBTQ+ releases!