About
Ashley Flowers (born December 19, 1989) is an American podcaster, writer, and entrepreneur. She is the creator and host of Crime Junkie, a weekly true crime podcast that garners 10 million weekly listeners. Flowers is recognized as the top female podcaster in the United States, with Crime Junkie maintaining the largest female audience of any podcast in the country. In August 2022, Flowers’ debut novel, All Good People Here, became a New York Times bestseller.
As a child, Flowers was inspired to become a cold case detective by mystery and crime novels, such as the Nancy Drew series, and television shows like Matlock.
Flowers attended Arizona State University and earned a Bachelor of Science in biological services.
In her early career, Flowers worked in biomedical research and later transitioned into sales.
Flowers volunteered and eventually became a board member for Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana. She subsequently developed Murder Monday, a 20-minute local radio segment aimed at a younger audience, with each episode focusing on a different case. Flowers hosted Murder Monday for a year before creating the podcast Crime Junkie with Prawat…
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