Zoe Ashwood (1987) is a writer and translator. She graduated in English and French language and literature at the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Arts. She worked as a translator for a decade, cooperating mostly with Mladinska knjiga and Učila International, two of the largest publishing houses in Slovenia. She has translated over twenty novels, including works by Jojo Moyes and Scott Lynch, as well as several series of children’s cartoons for the national public broadcaster RTV Slovenia. Two of her articles have appeared in the Slovene professional magazine for children’s and youth literature Otrok in knjiga. 

In 2019 she began publishing her novels on Amazon’s self-publishing platform. She has written several popular fantasy and paranormal romance series. Since 2021 she has worked exclusively as an author and self-publisher. In the spring of 2023 she took part in a romance novel writing workshop, organised by Cankarjeva založba publishing house in Ljubljana. She is currently working on her first Slovene fantasy romance novel. Her novels include Tempted (2020), Cursed in Love (2021) and Her Orc King (2022).