Ashley-Elizabeth Best is a disabled poet and essayist from Kingston.

Her work can be found in the Capilano Review, New Welsh Review, CV2, Ambit Magazine, Mslexia, and
Chatelaine. 

Her work was longlisted for the 2021 CBC Poetry Prize.

Her second collection, Bad Weather Mammals, is now available from ECW Press.

She’s currently the Editorial Coordinator for Arc Poetry Magazine and a Marketing Assistant for Brick Books.