Ashton Grey

Ashton Grey was born Gregory Ashton on December 4, 1983, in Southern Ontario, Canada. His novella Sweet Home Chicago was featured as book #87 in Yann Martel's What is Stephen Harper Reading?

In Martel's letter to the Prime Minister he states: "On a broader level, some of the exposition is awkward, many details are unnecessary, and it's not entirely clear to me what the story is about thematically. And yet it has narrative drive, the characters have their charm, there are funny parts, and underlying it all is an uncynical tenderness. It’s a booze-fuelled story, so to seek out the flaws is to soberly miss the point. Best to read Sweet Home Chicago with the unfocussed, good-humoured indulgence of the slightly drunk. The story relates the consequences to the unnamed protagonist of being in a bar next to a man who has the misfortune of keeling over and dying right then and there. Our hero finds himself in an alcohol-soused pickle."

Ashton Grey lived in Hamilton, Ontario where he contributed to Bound For Glory Magazine. He wrote many works set to be released posthumously by the people at Bound For Glory magazine and Bindlestick publications; notably Soo Line Sling, a novel about his friendship with fellow novelist, Nick E. Greengrass.

Ashton was a close friend with Nicole Kish, Toronto's infamous panhandle killer. He was a strong supporter of the Free Nyki campaign and its movements to right the wrongfully accused

Grey died suddenly in June 2011 while camping in Oliver, British Columbia.