About Me.

Hi! My name is Annie Laurie Holfelder. (Yep, Annie Laurie is my first name!) I've been writing both poetry and fiction since I started around the age of 11 or 12. (My first stories involved ninja chipmunks!) Over the years, I perfected my poetry while abandoning fiction stories -- assuming that I couldn't write fiction (silly me!). Many of my poems are featured under the poetry tab, and many more need to be migrated over to this site. 

Around 2018 I discovered the character-driven world of fanfiction (don't cringe! fanfic is actually a really neat genre all to itself). I spent the majority of the next four years dabbling in fanfiction, until I decided that I wanted to try my hand at original fiction again. Thus, the Unbreakable series was born (originally titled Rusty Cage -- but I was afraid of getting sued by the estate of Johnny Cash ...). From there, I got addicted to writing new worlds and characters. I'm up to five self-published novels and one agented novel (Plus a good half-dozen ideas!) The first five books of the Unbreakable series are available on Amazon (links under the Fiction tab up above). I'm working on a magical-realism project with my friend and cowriter, and we're hoping to finish by December 2025.

When I'm not writing, I'm 100% thinking about writing. Writing is my hobby and my main coping mechanism and my life. (Ask my wife, our three cats, my mom, or my mom's doggo Callie.) I do like to dabble in photograph and hiking, and I love spending time with my family. I have a MS in Clinical Mental Health and work as a part-time therapist. I struggle with both chronic physical and mental illness (#potsie), which filters into my writing. I'm queer, and this also filters into my writing -- all of my main characters are queer!

Have fun exploring the website! You can also find me on TikTok at holfelder.writes124 and on BlueSky @holfelder-writes.  Drop a comment or email, read something of mine, send a review ... I LOVE hearing from readers <3