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Amy Houts

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Amy Houts
Amy Houts is an author of over 100 children’s books, cookbooks, and board games that feature early learning concepts, family themes of love and friendship, and holiday celebrations. Amy’s numerous short stories, articles, and poems have appeared in Ladybug Magazine, Highlights Hello, and Pockets Magazine. Her books include: God's Protection Covers Me (Beaming Books); Think Like a Scientist (Pearson Learning Group); and Dora the Explorer Safety (Learning Horizons).

Amy’s books and activities have won the Moonbean Children’s Book Award, Dr. Toy Best Vacation Children’s Product Award, Missouri Writers’ Guild Walter William Major Work Award, Creative Child Magazine “Seal of Excellence” Award, and more. Amy's background, as a children's librarian, preschool teacher, and features writer/reporter for the local newspaper, prepared her for a freelance career.

Amy and her husband, Steve, have two grown daughters and three grandchildren. Born in New York, she moved to Missouri at age 10. Amy enjoys walking Gina, their Australian Shepherd mix, on the country roads near her Northwest Missouri home, an hour from Steve's family farm. You can often find Amy at home writing with Gina by her side.

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