About

In addition to researching and writing her newest books, Farming and Homesteading with the Saints and The Shepherdess, Andie is a blogger, screenwriter, and author of award-winning historical romance and women's fiction, with a particular passion for writing horse-centered novels. Her popular novel, Ephemeral, told from a horse's point of view, won a Winnie Award at the 2019 EQUUS International Film and Arts Festival and has repeatedly reached Amazon #1 Best-Seller status (Horse Riding). In 2019, she also published Eternal, the eagerly anticipated sequel to Ephemeral. 

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She's the author of an award-winning historical romance, The Legacy of Ruby Sanchez, a neo-gothic novel in the tradition of Victoria Holt (FaithWords Finalist, American Christian Fiction Writers). She has also had an award-winning short story published in the American Kennel Club’s AKC Gazette, written for Catholic Rural Life Magazine, and occasionally blogs about her life with horses and other members of her farm family at Christian Cowgirl Poetry (soon to be archived here). Additional novels include Saints in the City (Women's Fiction) and a screenplay by the same name that quarter-finaled in the 2012 International Page Awards. Her most recent screenplay, Spring Fling, was a 2018 Nashville Film Festival semi-finalist and also won a Winnie Award at the 2019 EQUUS International Film and Arts Festival held in Lexington, KY.

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She blogs bi-weekly ("Holy Sheep!") about her life as a shepherdess, her pasture-walk with God, and Valais Blacknose Sheep at allsaintsvalaisblacknosesheep.com. (And occasionally offers some of "the cutest sheep in the world" for sale!) 

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A "Jersey Girl" at heart, Andie now resides on a hobby farm in Middle Tennessee with her husband of 40 years, her ponies, a small flock of sheep, a barnyard blend of hens, and a Golden Retriever who never met a stranger. 

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Andie is deeply grateful for your readership and welcomes your honest reviews. Please consider posting a review wherever her books are sold. 

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Ok, y'all...that's the official version of About Me. What I really want to say is that I feel blessed to be able to share my stories, poems, prayers, and reflections with you as friends and readers. I've been writing fiction and poetry since I could hold a pencil. I keep writing because I keep breathing. No sooner do I vow to be done with this crazy business than a fleeting thought, the spark of a plot, or a string of words floats across my stream of consciousness and before you know it, I'm all in. Again. The William Wordsworth quote: "fill your paper with the breathings of your heart" applies to all of us. We all have a story (or many) to tell and I encourage you to share yours in any way that is meaningful to you: on paper, in a blog or video, in a song, with friends over dinner, through social media, or in a private conversation with God.  Your story matters. Thanks so much for reading mine.