Ariadne Blayde

Ariadne Blayde is a New Orleans-based author and playwright. Her debut novel, Ash Tuesday, is out from indie press April Gloaming. Her short fiction has won the Saints & Sinners LGBTQW+ Literary Festival Fiction Contest and the Quantum Shorts People’s Choice Prize, she has twice been a finalist for the Patty Friedmann Fiction Competition, and her work has been published in various anthologies. Her play The Other Room is performed internationally. She writes speculative fiction, historical fiction, and work focusing on social and environmental justice. Ariadne moonlights as a ghost tour guide in the French Quarter. www.ariadneblayde.com