RUNNER
COMING JULY 2026
In Prohibition-era Martha’s Vineyard, a young woman from a Black seafaring family plunges into the dangerous world of rum-running to save her home and uncover the truth about her father’s death…
About Ashton
Ashton Lattimore is an award-winning author, journalist, and former lawyer.
She writes historical fiction that puts powerful, complicated women at the center of their own stories and sheds light on overlooked communities.
Her debut novel, All We Were Promised, was a Book of the Month Club pick and selected as a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post and NPR.
Her upcoming novel, Runner, will be published July 28, 2026.
“[A] richly layered debut … Lattimore is a writer to watch.”
—PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY