Maybe the Birds
暫譯: 也許是鳥類

A. J. Ashworth is the author of the short story collection Somewhere Else, or Even Here, which won Salt Publishing's Scott Prize, was nominated for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize. The TLS said of her work: "A. J. Ashworth's first collection of short stories displays impressive versatility. She treats each of her characters to their own narrative timbre--and the stories do not progress so much as accrue, collecting incidental detail that enriches the scenarios without pointing towards their resolution." She has a PhD in Creative Writing from Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, and currently works as a secondary school English teacher.

A. J. Ashworth 是短篇小說集《Somewhere Else, or Even Here》的作者，該作品獲得了 Salt Publishing 的 Scott Prize，並被提名為 Frank O'Connor 國際短篇小說獎，還入圍了 Edge Hill Prize。TLS 評價她的作品：「A. J. Ashworth 的第一部短篇小說集展現了令人印象深刻的多樣性。她為每個角色賦予獨特的敘事音調——這些故事並不是進展，而是累積，收集了豐富的附帶細節，讓情境更加充實，而不指向解決方案。」她擁有 Edge Hill University, Ormskirk 的創意寫作博士學位，目前擔任中學英語教師。