read, write, repeat

Mandy Houk writes character-driven fiction, sometimes rooted in historical settings. She has been published in nonfiction, poetry, and short fiction.

Alongside freelance writing and editing, she spent ten delightful years teaching high school writing and literature. 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.

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 joined the nascent Jubilee Artists' Collective and serves as contributing editor of their upcoming interactive journal.

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