'Ash,' A Cinderella Tale Any Lesbian Would Love

When author Malinda Lo began working on the novel Ash in 2003, the main character fell in love with the prince but after a friend called him “boring,” she rewrote the story to allow Ash to fall in love with the King's beautiful huntress Kaisa. “When I had that idea, I had to sit down and thought ‘Oh my god, I’m going to write a lesbian Cinderella’” Lo says.