Ashton Rook started at the Gazette in 2014, and he is the current Lifestyle writer. He is a member of the prominent Rook family, and his mother Miriam Rook is the President of the Raven Club. But don’t think that Ashton only got his job due to nepotism—he was an award-winning journalist in nearby Carson Hills for three years before returning to Emerson Valley and becoming a reporter for our newspaper.