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Return to Sawyerton Springs Is Back!
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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The Traveler’s Gift—The Lost Chapter
Authors often have “lost” chapters. Andy Andrews really did. Here’s the story of the vanished Harry Truman chapter of The Traveler’s Gift—and how it was finally recovered.Read articleAre You Growing Old…or Just Getting Old?
There’s a huge difference between growing old and just getting old. Andy Andrews explains why the real “finish line” is further away than we think—and how to live fully alive.Read articleHow I Transformed My Office Into a Source of Inspiration
Andy Andrews enjoys “having written” more than writing—so he turned his office into his favorite room. Here are the three things that made it a source of inspiration.Read article1 Silly Question That Banishes Inactivity Once And For All
A retired reader wanted to do something but didn’t know where to begin. Andy Andrews shares the one silly question he asks himself whenever he doesn’t know what to do.Read articleA Fowl Day Ends with Thanksgiving
Pastor Wade Ward didn’t feel thankful at all this Thanksgiving. Then his wife found a letter in a bottle floating in Beauman’s Pond. A Thanksgiving story from Return to Sawyerton Springs.Read articleComfort and Joy: The Boy Who Changed the World
Bonnie Latino reviews The Boy Who Changed the World, Andy Andrews’ first children’s book—the true story behind The Butterfly Effect, told for young readers.Read articleA Hallelujah Christmas!
Handel wrote Messiah for Lent, finished it in three weeks, and his lyricist hated it. Andy Andrews shares the surprising story behind the Hallelujah Chorus—and what it teaches about legacy.Read articleGiving 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 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 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 articleMy First Blog
In June 2008, Andy Andrews dove off the high board and into the deep end of the blogosphere. Here’s why he started writing a blog in the first place.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.