Ashley Eckstein Launches Her Universe Press

At NYCC this past weekend, Ashley Eckstein announced that the Her Universe brand she pioneered is branching out in a big way. Ashley and her dedicated team have succeeded in revolutionizing the fashion industry for fangirls, and now they’re setting their sights on conquering the publishing industry with Her Universe Press, a publishing imprint created specifically to give women a voice in science fiction and fantasy.

The following quote from Ashley expresses her excitement and vision for this new project (via Her Universe Blog).

"“Her Universe continues to expand because of our wonderful community and passionate fans. It is truly a group effort by fans wanting their voices to be heard. I felt that Her Universe Press was necessary because so many fans were presenting me with their manuscripts with no professional outlet or opportunity to publish their work. I’m thrilled to be able to provide a platform for these stories to be told via books, entertainment, merchandise and beyond!”"

Her Universe is teaming up with an established publishing brand, Permuted Press, to produce work authored exclusively by females “who write empowering stories with positive messages and a focus on strong female protagonists.” Permuted Press’s specialty in sci-fi, fantasy, post-apocalyptic, and horror works should bolster Her Universe Press’s main focus on sci-fi, fantasy, and non-fiction for all age ranges.

Her Universe Press already has two books in the pipeline, each to debut around spring and summer of 2016. The first, The Confidence Chronicles by Anne Convery and Ashley Eckstein (with illustrations by Dave Filoni himself), “is a steampunk fantasy featuring twelve-year-old Adelaide Lenihan, whose grit, energy and obsession with all things mechanical lead her along with her automatic owl, Eureka, to uncover exciting and sometimes chilling secrets in her own home town. Mining, mystery and mayhem in this first installment set the stage for Addy’s fantastic adventures from west of the Sierra Nevada to east of the Mississippi and beyond.”