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Mandy Houk writes character-driven fiction, sometimes rooted in historical settings. 

Along with freelance writing and editing, she has spent nearly two decades teaching literature and creative writing to kids, teens, and to young moms escaping homelessness and abuse. She and her husband have two grown daughters and a son-in-law, and have filled their empty nest with an assortment of rescue animals.

News:
Mandy's historical literary novel THE CREEK WON'T SAY will be published by Red Hen Press in the fall of 2027.

Associations:
Mandy has been a member of Pikes Peak Writers since 2007, and spent two years as their NewsMag editor. She has been a member artist in the Anselm Society Arts Guild since 2017, and has cohosted Anselm's Believe to See podcast since 2019.
She recently served as contributing editor for the Jubilee Artists' Collective interactive journal, Mosaic.

Her book-length fiction is represented by Elisa Saphier of MacGregor & Luedeke Literary.