Ashley Hong is a literary agent with Gardner Literary. She was previously an editor at Convergent, an imprint of Random House, where she edited the New York Times bestsellers A Rhythm of Prayer by Sarah Bessey and This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley. She also acquired and edited the award-winning Shoutin' in the Fire by Danté Stewart, and was editor of Madeleine L'Engle's spiritual nonfiction. 

SEEKING: Ashley is a sucker for the kind of writing that haunts you in a good way: transporting storytelling; compulsively readable memoirs; subversive prayers. But she's also into the fun stuff: rom com lit that rivals TV; self-deprecating self-help; essay collections that feel like a friend.