Ashley Tropea comes from an Egyptian-Italian family and has been writing since she was 11. She finished her first novel by the age of 14 and published it online for free, where she received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback, earning a combined 1.5 million reads worldwide. After much prodding from fans, Ashley decided to independently publish her debut novel, MISSING IN THE PAGES, on Amazon, which has met with wonderful reviews and praise.

I am the track of that rail who watched an entire nation weave into a single thread, where the fragrance of every soil proudly sings...
A heartfelt poem about hidden pain, family expectations, emotional neglect, and resilience. “I Woke Up” explores the contrast between dreams of love and the reality...

Tree of Existential Threats is a reflective poem using a vast tree to symbolize humanity's fragile existence. Its branches represent global dangers like environmental collapse...

A chocolate heist, Fanum tax, and a knife-wielding showdown. Just another day of Gen Z brainrot driving their parents insane. Is it bussin or just...

Read the poem "An Expansionist's Obsession with Rooms" to go from eroticism and mystical earning to a relationship full of metal stability and hallucinations.
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