Andra Gillum

Andra Gillum is a the author of the Doggy Drama series of books featuring Doggy Drama, Puppy Drama, Old Doggy Drama, Lost Doggy Drama and Doghouse Drama. Andra is a dog lover! All of her books are about her real westies, Riley, Lucy and Rosy. Andra believes that books are reading should be fun, and book should make you laugh. Her stories reflect the silly “sibling rivalry” drama between her dogs. They also feature her real children, Max and Mia.

As a little girl, Andra’s first dog was a westie named Buttons who was nicknamed Bugie (for some strange reason). Since then, Andra has had 5 more westies: Maxie, Riley, Lucy and Rosy. They have each touched her heart in a different way.

All the books in the Doggy Drama series are based on true (well, true-ish) stories of the dogs real adventures. A little extra mischief and humor are added in!

Andra has always loved to write, and started making books with construction paper and staples when she was in elementary school. Andra studied English at Wittenberg University (as well as Business because her Dad insisted). She has been writing ads, newspaper columns, and finally children's books ever since!

In her free-time, Andra loves to read and write and take the dogs for long walks. She also loves to Jazzercise with friends. Andra was inspired to write chldren's books when her children were small. Each night, they could choose three books to read before bed. Of course, they always chose the longest one that they could find.

Andra loves to make school visits, and read and write with children! She also teaches a variety of writing classes to kids, adults and seniors. All of her classes are meant to be fun! Contact her at directly at andra@doggydrama.com to discuss school visits or teaching opportunities.