Andy Minshew is an author who explores the intersection between queerness, faith, and neurodivergence in fiction and nonfiction.
Stories, and the way they can transform lives, are his passion. When he writes, he always remembers the Shadowlands quote, “We read to know we’re not alone.”
His debut mystery Board to Death was published by Kensington Books in 2023 under the pen name CJ Connor. He is currently working on a second mystery with Kensington and a peer guide to navigating co-occurring OCD and autism diagnoses with Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
He is a Book Riot contributor, a TBR Bibliologist, and an EBSCO NoveList advisor. All three positions make him feel lucky, indeed, that he gets to help people find the right books for them as a profession.
Beyond writing, he is the Smial coordinator for the Utah branch of the Tolkien Society and an independent Tolkien Studies researchers. He presented “The Wheel of Fire: An Obsessive-Compulsive Reading of Frodo Baggins” at the Pop Culture Association 2025 conference.
He is on Instagram at @andyminshewwrites and Substack as @alightindarkplaces.
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