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Return to Sawyerton Springs is back in a new hardcover edition. Andy Andrews shares why he wrote his funniest book, and a 30-day read-aloud challenge for your family.
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Giving Thanks On Thanksgiving
I have always looked forward to Thanksgiving. Christmas is still my favorite, but I am fiercely protective of Thanksgiving. I’m just sayin’ . . . Personally, I don’t allow myself to look at store displays or listen to radio stations that seem determined to trample Thanksgiving and Halloween in their frantic push to get […]Read articleWant To Hear A Halloween Tale?
Several weeks ago, Polly, the boys, and I gathered with some friends for a good, old fashioned family time. As everyone arrived, the adults talked while the children, excited to see each other in a setting other than school, ran back and forth from the living room to the playroom to […]Read articleWhat You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You!
There’s a difference between knowing a thing is dangerous and understanding the danger. Andy Andrews shares the riptide talk every Gulf Coast parent has—and what it teaches about seeking wisdom.Read articleLike To Laugh?
It was soon after The Traveler's Gift was released that I began hearing what I now consider to be my most asked question . . .Read article27 Years And Counting . . .
Andy Andrews helps cut the ribbon on the rebuilt Gulf State Park Pier—the same pier he once slept under—and shares a simple exercise: who could you encourage today?Read articleThings I Am Currently Noticing…
Andy Andrews confesses he doesn’t love to write—he loves having written—and shares the simple question at the root of success: can you make yourself do something you’d rather not do?Read articleForget What Is and Ask Yourself What If?
Five questions from Andy Andrews for anyone who has stopped considering a great possibility—paired with an unforgettable performance that silenced the doubters.Read articleA New Dog!
Two boys, one new puppy, eight cats, Saint Polly, and a shell-shocked Andy Andrews. Here’s how the Andrews family went looking for a dog—and the story behind the one they chose.Read articleI Loved Lucy
Andy Andrews remembers Lucy—the food-stealing, cover-hogging Dalmatian who loved the whole family without ever taking sides, and who was simply the best.Read articleThe Longest I’ve Worked For A Compliment
Andy Andrews tells how an overheard “What’s his problem?” led him to ask one question every day for twenty years—and the compliment that finally proved it worked.Read articleThe Best Place to Eat
Andy Andrews makes the case for the one-of-a-kind, mom-and-pop restaurants that don’t advertise—and shares his favorite on the Gulf Coast.Read articleHappy New … Legacy
Alfred Nobel once read his own obituary and set out to change his legacy. Andy Andrews asks the same question of us: if you died today, what would yours be?Read article
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About Andy Andrews
Hailed by a New York Times reporter as “someone who has quietly become one of the most influential people in America,” Andy Andrews is a best-selling novelist, speaker, and consultant for the world’s largest corporations and organizations. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Noticer, How Do You Kill 11 Million People?, and the modern classic, The Traveler’s Gift.