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Ash Bishop

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Ash Bishop is a lifetime reader. He loves all genres but has a particular affinity for mystery, science fiction and fantasy.

Ash was born in Bloomington, Indiana where his dad taught at Indiana University. His family moved to Orange County, California when he was very young, and he spent his formative years among the mean streets of Irvine. He attended college at UCSB, then the National University of Ireland, Galway. Ash is also a graduate of San Diego State University with an MFA in Creative Writing. He currently lives in Southern California with his family and numerous pets.

He spent a good number of years as a high-school English teacher and an adjunct college professor, but he's also done a few less important, though slightly more glamoro ...more

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I love the cover art for your upcoming. What was the inspiration? how much faith/levity do you have about horoscopes?

Ash Bishop I appreciate the questions and am glad you like the cover. my publisher made the cover but I’m very happy with it because I think it does a good job o…moreI appreciate the questions and am glad you like the cover. my publisher made the cover but I’m very happy with it because I think it does a good job of capturing the balance between horoscope imagery (in this case Gemini), murder mysteries, and the split/mirror imagery captures one of the themes of the novel (how things appear versus how they really are).

I like horoscopes, but am not a believer. In fact, the novel plays with the concept of how we self-delude. Something like a horoscope prediction prompts our imagination, and we filter “truth” through that expectation regardless of its validity. With horoscopes it’s pretty benign but with something like crime, it can be very dangerous. (less)

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Ash Bishop That's a cool question, but I'm afraid my life is full of ordinary mysteries, not really befitting of a book. Why can't my favorite football team win …moreThat's a cool question, but I'm afraid my life is full of ordinary mysteries, not really befitting of a book. Why can't my favorite football team win a game (Denver Broncos)? Why can't I stick to a diet? How can I make a little bit more money? I guess you could say my life's mysteries help me build characters, but I have to use my imagination for plot. Thanks for the question!(less)

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Average rating: 3.75 · 1,973 ratings · 367 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Horoscope Writer 3.72 avg rating — 1,041 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc 3.79 avg rating — 931 ratings — published 2022 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Blue-collar heroes: An Ode to the Ordinary

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Joseph Campbell really had something with the Heroes’ Journey. It was a small part of his larger discovery that many stories throughout time share the same plot and character elements. He made some remarkable connections about all types of characters. Take, for example, the trickster Loki, who appears in Norse myth in the 12th century, and yet shares multiple common qualities with

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“Sometimes it is easier to see clearly into the liar than into the man who tells the truth. Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.”
― Ash Bishop, The Horoscope Writer

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