Andy Andrews

Last updated
Andy Andrews
Andy Andrews.jpg
Andy Andrews in 2021
Born (1959-05-22) May 22, 1959 (age 64)
Nationality American
Occupation(s) Speaker, Author
SpousePolly Andrews
ChildrenAustin and Adam
Website http://www.andyandrews.com/

Andy Andrews (born May 22, 1959) is an American author whose work has appeared on The New York Times bestseller lists in the categories of Hardcover Fiction, Hardcover Nonfiction, Business, and Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous. He is best known for the international bestselling book The Traveler's Gift. ABC’s Good Morning America named it "one of the five books you should read in your lifetime.”[ citation needed ] He has written over 26 books and sold more than 20 million copies around the world. His books have been translated into over 40 languages. Andrews regularly speaks for corporations, organizations, athletic teams, and the U.S. military. [1]

Contents

Andrews releases a weekly podcast, “The Professional Noticer”. He is the creator of WisdomHarbour.com and produces a live-streaming program, The Blue Plate Special, twice a week.

Andrews has appeared on The Fox News Channel, Good Morning America, MSNBC, TBN, GBTV [2] and CNBC. [3]

Life and career

Andrews was born Birmingham, Alabama and raised in Dothan, Alabama.[ citation needed ] His father was a minister of music and his mother played piano, organ, and directed the church's children’s choir programs. When Andrews was 19, he lost his mother (41) to cancer and his father (44) in an automobile accident within the span of a few months. After the death of his parents, Andrews spent over a year homeless on the coast of Alabama. It was during this time that he read more than 200 biographies and came up with "The Seven Decisions" that eventually shaped the manuscript of his 2002 novel The Traveler’s Gift.

Before beginning to write, Andrews worked as a stand-up comedian and toured extensively with Joan Rivers, Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, Garth Brooks, Cher, and Chaka Khan.

Andrews was also a diamond in Amway's MLM business which allowed him to earn money from conventions and meetings.

He currently is the CEO of Creating Measurable Results, a corporate and sports consulting firm. His business book, The Bottom of the Pool—Thinking Beyond Your Boundaries To Achieve Extraordinary Results, released in 2019, was named by Forbes as one of the 7 Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read.[ citation needed ]

Andrews is an alumnus of Auburn University.

Books

In 2009, Andrews released his second New York Times bestseller,[ citation needed ] The Noticer. He released his first children’s book, The Boy Who Changed the World, in 2010. An adult version of the children’s story, titled The Butterfly Effect, was also released as a gift book. A novel titled The Traveler’s Summit was released in April 2011. It features the same main character as The Traveler’s Gift, David Ponder.

Andrews is also known for his major work How Do You Kill 11 Million People? - Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think. His newest book, Just Jones, the third in The Noticer series, has been released nationwide.

Book list

See also

Related Research Articles

Robert Rick McCammon is an American novelist from Birmingham, Alabama. One of the influential names in the late 1970s–early 1990s American horror literature boom, by 1991 McCammon had three New York Times bestsellers and around 5 million books in print. Since 2002 he's written several books in a historical mystery series featuring a 17th-century magistrate’s clerk, Matthew Corbett, as he unravels mysteries in colonial America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jon Krakauer</span> American writer and journalist (born 1954)

Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of bestselling non-fiction books—Into the Wild; Into Thin Air; Under the Banner of Heaven; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles. He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bruce Wilkinson</span> American evangelist

Bruce Wilkinson is a Christian preacher, speaker and writer. He is based in the US.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Stanley</span> American pastor and televangelist (1932–2023)

Charles Frazier Stanley Jr. was an American Southern Baptist pastor and writer. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020. He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries which widely broadcasts his sermons through television and radio. He also served two one-year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, from 1984 to 1986.

John Eldredge is an American author, counselor, and lecturer on Christianity. He is known for his best-selling book Wild at Heart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brad Meltzer</span> American novelist (born 1970)

Brad Meltzer is an American novelist, non-fiction writer, TV show creator, and comic book author. His novels touch on the political thriller, legal thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, while he has also written superhero fiction for DC Comics and a series of short biographies of prominent people for young readers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kaare Andrews</span> Canadian comic book artist and writer

Kaare Kyle Andrews is a comic book writer, artist and filmmaker from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. His work includes Spider-Man, Iron Fist, Renato Jones, and Incredible Hulk. Andrews has a diverse drawing style, which ranges from hyper realistic to more cartoonesque. He was the first recipient of the Shuster Award for Outstanding Artist for his work on Spider-Man: Doctor Octopus. His latest film, Sniper: Assassin's End reached #1 on iTunes in September 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Max Lucado</span> American Christian author and minister

Max Lucado is an American author and minister at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas.

Richard Paul Evans is an American author, best known for writing The Christmas Box and, more recently, the Michael Vey series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Jeremiah</span> American Christian author and pastor

David Jeremiah is an American evangelical Christian author, founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in El Cajon, California, a suburb of San Diego.

A business fable is a motivational fable, parable or other fictional story that shares a lesson or lessons that are intended to be applied in the business world with the aim to improve leadership skills, personal skills, or the organizational culture. Business fables are intended to show readers how different leadership, project management, and other tools can be used in real life situations. The genre saw a peak in the early 2000s.

<i>Miracle: A Celebration of New Life</i>

Miracle: A Celebration of New Life is a book resulting from the collaboration of Anne Geddes with Canadian singer Céline Dion. The project is a combination of music and photos revolving around the themes of new life and babies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steve White (author)</span> American writer

Stephen White is an American science fiction author best known as the co-author of the Starfire series along with David Weber.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harvey Mackay</span> American businessman and author

Harvey Mackay is an American businessman, author and syndicated columnist with Universal Uclick. His weekly column gives career and inspirational advice and is featured in over 100 newspapers. Mackay has authored seven New York Times bestselling books, including three number one bestsellers. He is also a member of the National Speakers Association Council of Peers Award for Excellence Hall of Fame.

Bruce Henderson is an American journalist and author of more than 30 nonfiction books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller, And the Sea Will Tell. His most recent New York Times bestseller is Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler. Henderson's books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, including French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Hungarian and Czech. Henderson won the Tenth Annual Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize and a $50,000 award bestowed in recognition of "the best English language book published in 2022 in the field of American military history" for Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II (Knopf). A member of the Authors Guild, Henderson has taught reporting and writing courses at USC School of Journalism and Stanford University.

<i>The Lost Hero</i> First book in the Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan

The Lost Hero is an American fantasy-adventure novel written by Rick Riordan, based on Greek and Roman mythology. It was published on October 12, 2010, and is the first book in The Heroes of Olympus series, a sequel to the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. It is preceded by The Last Olympian of Percy Jackson & the Olympians and followed by The Son of Neptune. The novel has since been translated into many languages and released as a hardcover, e-book, audiobook and paperback.

<i>The Travelers Gift</i>

The Traveler's Gift - Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success is a book released in 2002 by author Andy Andrews. The book was featured in the book selection of ABC's Good Morning America. The Traveler's Gift weaves a business fable about a man who loses his job and money, but finds his way after he is magically transported into seven key points in history. At each location, the man meets historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Anne Frank, King Solomon, Harry Truman and Christopher Columbus. The book has also been adapted as a DVD.

<i>Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage</i> 2013 novel by Haruki Murakami

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is the thirteenth novel by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. Published on 12 April 2013 in Japan, it sold one million copies in one month.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amor Towles</span> American novelist (born October 24, 1964)

Amor Towles is an American novelist. He is best known for his bestselling novels Rules of Civility (2011), A Gentleman in Moscow (2016), and The Lincoln Highway (2021). Towles began writing following a career in investment banking.

References

  1. "Andy Andrews". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  2. [ permanent dead link ] "Andy Andrews on Glenn Beck TV"
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2011-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Man With a Plan"