Noah Ashenhurst
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Noah Ashenhurst 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.
His short fiction has appeared in Beyond the Margins: A Literature and Art Magazine, Apparatus Magazine:a literary journal from the internal machine, and Brittle Star.
Ashenhurst grew up in Boulder, Colorado
where he attended Boulder High School. He attended Western Washington University
and the University of Colorado
. He earned his MFA from Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University, and is writing his second novel.
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 taught English and creative writing at North Mason High School in Belfair, WA and is now an online English teacher in Olympia, Washington
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Comfort Food (novel)
Comfort Food: A Novel by Noah Ashenhurst contains a cast of characters: a romantic academic, a self-assured young writer, an enigmatic musician, a slacker, a wealthy mountaineer, and a former heroin addict—characters whose lives intersect in the unique, award-winning debut novel.-Plot...
which won the 2006 Independent Publisher Book Award
Independent Publisher Book Award
The Independent Publisher Book Awards , launched in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to titles published by independent authors and publishers...
for Best Regional Fiction (West-Pacific). The novel is set primarily in the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
and deals with six characters who struggle to find their place and purpose in the world.
His short fiction has appeared in Beyond the Margins: A Literature and Art Magazine, Apparatus Magazine:a literary journal from the internal machine, and Brittle Star.
Ashenhurst grew up in Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
where he attended Boulder High School. He attended Western Washington University
Western Washington University
Western Washington University is one of six state-funded, four-year universities of higher education in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located in Bellingham and offers bachelor's and master's degrees.-History:...
and the University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
. He earned his MFA from Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University, and is writing his second novel.
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 taught English and creative writing at North Mason High School in Belfair, WA and is now an online English teacher in Olympia, Washington
Olympia, Washington
Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,478 at the 2010 census...
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