Ashley Broussard is a writer from Lafayette, Louisiana. An insurance agent by day and an aspiring novelist by night, she writes fiction that explores Southern families, inherited silences, and the weight of what’s left unsaid. She is the author of The Weight of Ash and Prayer, a generational novel set in South Louisiana that traces love, lineage, and memory across time. When she’s not writing, Ashley Broussard is spending time with her little Broussard family—a spirited Schnauzer named Max, and a calico cat named Penny who thinks she owns the place. You’ll often find her on the porch with a cup of strong coffee, watching how the light shifts across the eaves like memory. She believes in handwritten letters, anything pink, slow mornings, and the kind of stories that leave something behind.