Ash­ley Gold­berg is a writer from Mel­bourne, Aus­tralia. He holds an MA in Cre­ative Writ­ing from Bath Spa Uni­ver­si­ty. His debut nov­el, Abom­i­na­tion, was pub­lished by Pen­guin Ran­dom House Aus­tralia in May 2022 and is the 2023 Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award Win­ner for Debut Fiction.