Michelle Medlock Adams is a best-selling author and an award-winning journalist, earning top honors from the Associated Press, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Hoosier State Press Association to name a few.
Author of over 100 books with more than 4 million books sold, Michelle is also a New York Times Bestselling ghostwriter and has won more than 80 industry awards for her own journalistic endeavors, including the prestigious Golden Scroll for Best Children’s Book in 2020, 2019 and 2018 for How Much Does God Love You?, Dinosaur Devotions”, and “My First Day of School”. And, over the past three years, she has added several first-place honors from the Christian Market Book Awards, the Selah Book Awards, the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, the Royal Dragonfly Awards, the Best Book Awards, and the Illumination Book Awards in multiple categories.
Since graduating with a journalism degree from Indiana University, Michelle has written more than 1,500 articles for newspapers, magazines, and websites; acted as a stringer for the Associated Press; written for a worldwide ministry; hosted “Joy In Our Town” for the Trinity Broadcasting Network; blogged twice weekly for Guideposts; written a weekly column for a Midwest newspaper; and served as an adjunct professor at Taylor University three different years. Today, she is President of Platinum Literary Services, a premier full-service literary firm; Chairman of the Board of Advisors for Serious Writer, Inc.; an online instructor for the Serious Writer Academy; and a much sought-after speaker at writers conferences and women’s retreats all over the United States. When not working on her own assignments, Michelle ghostwrites articles, blog posts, and books for celebrities, politicians, and some of today’s most effective and popular ministers.
Michelle is celebrating the 2021 release of her books: Puppy Dog Devotions with Wendy Hinote Lanier; Dachshund Through the Snow; and Heart of a Hoosier: A Year of Inspiration from IU Men’s Basketball with Del Duduit. Michelle is also excited about her 2022 releases: I Love You to the Sun and Beyond; Fly High; Our God is Bigger Than That! and All-In Faith book and companion Bible Study.
Michelle is married to her high school sweetheart, Jeff, and they have two daughters, Abby and Allyson, two sons-in-law, three granddaughters and two grandsons. She and Jeff share their home in Southern Indiana with a miniature dachshund, a rescue Greyhound/Lab mix, and two cats. When not writing or teaching writing, Michelle enjoys bass fishing, cheering on Indiana University sports teams and the Chicago Cubbies, Doris Day movies, and all things leopard print.
Website: www.michellemedlockadams.com
Blog: https://michellemedlockadams.com/blog/
Podcast or TV show: I have three different podcasts in the works but none have gone live yet…Bethany Jett, Cyle Young and I have the Triple Threat podcast that will be on Charisma this winter. My sister Martie and I will have our podcast “Sisters TOO!” also on Charisma, and Karen Whiting and I will be doing a podcast together. We’re calling it True Heart Moms. We just taped our first two episodes.
Personal Facebook Account: https://www.facebook.com/michellemedlock.adams/
Facebook Author Page https://www.facebook.com/INwritergirl/
Facebook page with Bethany Jett: https://www.facebook.com/MichelleAndBethany
Facebook group that I run with Wendy Hinote Lanier: https://www.facebook.com/groups/429490298329810
I oversee the Serious Writer Children’s Writing Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/719351912209322
Twitter https://twitter.com/INwritergirl
Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/INwritergirl/_created/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/inwritergirl/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/150027.Michelle_Medlock_Adams
Linked-in https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-medlock-adams-6448746/
Amazon author’s page https://www.amazon.com/Michelle-Medlock-Adams/e/B001ITTW10/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Other links you would like me to include: I’m also a member of the NF Ninjas: https://www.nonfiction-ninjas.com/
I co-own Platinum Literary with Bethany Jett. I’m the President of the company: https://platlit.com/