Kerry Ashton is the author of the memoir SAINT UNSHAMED: A GAY MORMON’S LIFE—Healing From the Shame of Religion, Rape, Conversion Therapy & Cancer To Find My True Self, which will be published by Lynn Wolf Enterprises within the next few months. 

   Raised in Pocatello, Idaho as a staunch member of the Mormon faith, Kerry attended Brigham Young University in the early 70s, where some of the dramatic events recounted in his memoir took place. Always interested in pursuing a professional career as both an actor and writer, Kerry wrote his first play, BUFFALO HEAD NICKELS, at the age of 17, and published it at 18. Since then, he has written and published several works. Among them most prominently is THE WILDE SPIRIT, a one-man play with music, based on the life and works of Oscar Wilde, in which Ashton starred and also wrote the play’s book, music and lyrics. Winning Kerry critical acclaim for his play and his performance, as well as three 1977 L.A. Civic Star Awards for Best Actor, Best Play, and Best Direction, and an Award of Merit from ASCAP, the play was later produced in NYC, first Off-Off Broadway in 1982, and then Off-Broadway in 1996. Kerry now makes his home with his life partner, Victor Ramirez in South Florida. For more information about Kerry and his work, please visit www.KerryAshton.com.