About the Author
Hello and welcome!
I’m Chelsea, author of Wally the Peach.
I love writing stories. I love baking desserts, taking ballet classes, visiting the beach, hiking, reading, and teaching. I love my family . . . and I love Jesus, who saved me from death more than once.
FOR ALL AGES
Wally the Peach is my first children’s book. The story was inspired by the many stories of redemption shared by volunteers at Gleanings for the Hungry. After I wrote it, I read it out loud to the volunteers and the Gleanings community. Because the story was so well-received, I decided to hire professional artist Sophia Lai and make Wally the Peach a real book. I hope you love it too!
FOR AGES 17 AND UP
I also wrote a fictionalized memoir. My debut novel, Goodnight to My Thoughts of You, is a story for teen girls about life, love, heartbreak, and Christian faith. It has been read by thousands of women around the world. Most readers tell me they could not put it down, which is a huge compliment to any author! (xo!)
FOR AGES 18 AND UP
HEAVENLY HERE WITH YOU You may be here looking for my next novel, Heavenly Here With You. I receive emails every so often from my readers, and most ask this question: “Where can I find the second book?”
I’m working on it, I promise! When you read my next book, you will know why it wasn’t out when I thought it would be. Life has some twists and turns, and you won’t want to miss how the story ends. Thank you for your patience–and your prayers!
SO WHAT IS THIS BLOG ABOUT?
My blog started in 2013 as a place to share excerpts from Goodnight to My Thoughts of You. I wanted to have a place to connect with my readers.
From there, I began sharing some other parts of my life on my blog, like my kids’ birthday parties, recipes that I loved, craft ideas, family updates, and ministry updates.
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT CHELSEA
I grew up as the poor kid in the rich neighborhood. My mom was an artist and my dad was a musician. I had very little structure in my life. Which was very cool at the time, but more difficult as I tried to make sense of the real world.
When I was a little kid, I would spend hours reading through my stack of books on lazy summer days. Mom made us go to the library and do the reading club every summer, and my older sister was a genius reader so I would read all of her books after she was done with them because I wanted to be just like her. Basically, we would read and swim all summer and go to church on Sundays.
When I was in sixth grade, I started taking ballet and tap classes. Dancing became my new favorite thing to do besides reading and sleeping. That was also the year that I won an essay contest at school. Two years later, in 8th grade, I got my first pair of pointe shoes, and then I entered the pre-professional ballet program at my dance studio in grade nine. I danced every day after school and Saturdays.
Around that time my English teachers told me I was a good writer. Their compliments made me work harder in my English classes, and I decided to study English and education at Azusa Pacific University (APU) where I earned my B.A. –and met Andy!
My husband Andy and I married in 2003, and we will celebrate our 22-year wedding anniversary on July 12! Andy is one of those amazing people who is good at everything. We are best friends who love to go on walks and talk about the Lord. We live in central California with our five children.
Today, Andy and I enjoy serving the Lord together as full-time missionaries at Gleanings, an organization that sends dried soup mix and dried peaches to hungry people around the world.
Find out more about our love story in Goodnight To My Thoughts of You!
Let’s keep in touch! I am not active on social media, but you can read more of my short stories on Substack.
Love and Hugs,
Chelsea 
