44. Ashley Quach - What Lights You Up

Ashley Quach is a playwright and radio dramatist based in Los Angeles. She is best known for her award-winning romcom podcast “Deck the Halls (with Matrimony!)”, featured in 2020 as one of the New York Times’ Fiction Podcasts to Get Lost In. Quach has written original romance for Audible and recently completed a crime serial titled Chinook with executive producer Doug Liman and Realm, released by Wondery+ in spring 2024. Her play Suitor Princess Thief was a finalist for the 2025 Princess Grace Award and was a finalist in the B-Street Comedy Festival in 2023. She was a 2025 Mach33 fellow with Caltech university for the play The Null Test. Quach is also an author and illustrator, with such works as Santa's Husband and Princess Dinosaur. Her book Starring Sophie is due out from Scholastic in fall of 2026.Follow Ashley at https://www.instagram.com/sassquachcomics/PS - my coffee is from Collar & Foam in West Hollywood Creator's Cafe with Jessica Payne of Kika LabsHost Jessica Payne of Kika Labs breaks down the subtle and the sublime of the creative process with inspiring artists at the Creator's Cafe. Find out more info on the show and host Jessica Payne.Offering creative strategy, performance coaching, and more! www.kikalabs.comMore info and resources at   | www.kikalabs.comWatch the video podcast on YouTube | YouTube Creator's Cafe Podcast PlaylistFollow the Show | @creatorscafebykikalabsFacebook Group | Creator's Cafe by Kika LabsTranscripts and YouTube Links at |  www.kikalabs.com/creators-cafe-shownotesTheme MusicOur theme music is composed and performed by Kyle deTarnowsky.www.kyledetarnowskymusic.com