Author Amy Houts
 Photo by Bob Delsol
Amy Houts is an author of over 70 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 American Profile Magazine. Her books include: Down on the Farm (Stone Arch); 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.
Steve, Amy, and their grandchildren, Jake, Charlotte, and Toby.
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What people are saying about Amy:
"Amy, tonight I think I've read On The Farm to my 2-year old about 180 nights in a row. He won't go to bed without a full presentation, including voices, posing like Farmer Lyle and finishing the story with him pulling on his ear and saying, 'Baby' (the last word in the book). Just wanted to say thank you from a dad who loves to watch his son's face light up ... And it does from your book. Have a great night."
--Brett Payne, father of a two-year old boy
“I have some news I want to share with you because I think my success story is also yours. You helped me a lot during the writing course to find my voice and to write about what I love. The big news is that I won the more prestigious children's book award held in Latin America called "Premio El Barco de Vapor.” I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all the inspiration, confidence, and tools you helped me with. I'm very happy I'm still working from home as a writer; it's been a blessing!"
-- Isabel, Amy's student, "Writing for Children and Teenagers," Institute of Children’s Literature graduate
Amy Houts is a long-time member of the First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Missouri. As her pastor for the past 4 years, I have come to know observe and work with her in a variety of settings and have seen examples of her splendid writing. She is of the highest moral character, is quite intelligent and, as you can see in her work, knows her readership and can write for them in engaging, faithful and interesting ways. I commend her to you without the slightest reservation.
--Scott Moon, pastor, First United Methodist Church
"I am privileged to know Amy and have worked with her on several book projects. She is very knowledgeable about writing and publishing and has received numerous honors for her work. She is a very thoughtful, creative, and dependable writer. Her work gets done by deadline and it's a delight to work with her."
--Lee Jackson, author and publisher, Images Unlimited Publishing
“Amy has been a very creative and flexible writer to work with over the past few years at Learning Horizons; she has taken on various projects for our different licensed programs and has always produced high-quality work in a very short time in order to beat our rushed deadlines. Beyond the basic expectation of following guidelines and revision suggestions extremely well, Amy has shown a genuine interest in each and every one of her writing tasks and has truly captured our educational philosophy in her work.”
--Joanna Robinson, former editorial manager, Learning Horizons
"Amy is a pleasure to work with. She is a thorough professional who provides accurate, clear, original text and art specs written to guidelines and addresses pedagogical points smoothly and completely."
--Cindy Kane, editor, Six Red Marbles
"Thank you, again, for your timely and excellent work. These biographies can be really tough, especially when they’re in the 12,000-word range. But you did an excellent job of keeping the content diverse and showing the natural progression of Rachel Maddow's career. Your writing style progresses so logically, is expertly organized, and makes for an enjoyable manuscript to edit."
--Jacob R. Steinberg, assistant editor, The Rosen Publishing Group
"Amy, tonight I think I've read On The Farm to my 2-year old about 180 nights in a row. He won't go to bed without a full presentation, including voices, posing like Farmer Lyle and finishing the story with him pulling on his ear and saying, 'Baby' (the last word in the book). Just wanted to say thank you from a dad who loves to watch his son's face light up ... And it does from your book. Have a great night."
--Brett Payne, father of a two-year old boy
“I have some news I want to share with you because I think my success story is also yours. You helped me a lot during the writing course to find my voice and to write about what I love. The big news is that I won the more prestigious children's book award held in Latin America called "Premio El Barco de Vapor.” I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all the inspiration, confidence, and tools you helped me with. I'm very happy I'm still working from home as a writer; it's been a blessing!"
-- Isabel, Amy's student, "Writing for Children and Teenagers," Institute of Children’s Literature graduate
Amy Houts is a long-time member of the First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Missouri. As her pastor for the past 4 years, I have come to know observe and work with her in a variety of settings and have seen examples of her splendid writing. She is of the highest moral character, is quite intelligent and, as you can see in her work, knows her readership and can write for them in engaging, faithful and interesting ways. I commend her to you without the slightest reservation.
--Scott Moon, pastor, First United Methodist Church
"I am privileged to know Amy and have worked with her on several book projects. She is very knowledgeable about writing and publishing and has received numerous honors for her work. She is a very thoughtful, creative, and dependable writer. Her work gets done by deadline and it's a delight to work with her."
--Lee Jackson, author and publisher, Images Unlimited Publishing
“Amy has been a very creative and flexible writer to work with over the past few years at Learning Horizons; she has taken on various projects for our different licensed programs and has always produced high-quality work in a very short time in order to beat our rushed deadlines. Beyond the basic expectation of following guidelines and revision suggestions extremely well, Amy has shown a genuine interest in each and every one of her writing tasks and has truly captured our educational philosophy in her work.”
--Joanna Robinson, former editorial manager, Learning Horizons
"Amy is a pleasure to work with. She is a thorough professional who provides accurate, clear, original text and art specs written to guidelines and addresses pedagogical points smoothly and completely."
--Cindy Kane, editor, Six Red Marbles
"Thank you, again, for your timely and excellent work. These biographies can be really tough, especially when they’re in the 12,000-word range. But you did an excellent job of keeping the content diverse and showing the natural progression of Rachel Maddow's career. Your writing style progresses so logically, is expertly organized, and makes for an enjoyable manuscript to edit."
--Jacob R. Steinberg, assistant editor, The Rosen Publishing Group
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