About
Long Bio
Amy Renaud has always loved stories and constantly asked to hear them as a child—but it’s her mother who really got Amy’s love of fiction rolling. Amy’s mom continues to read each of her manuscripts, helping to proofread and provides much encouragement.
Amy’s first non-school required story was a contemporary inspirational fiction piece she began writing in 2007. Don’t ask to see it. It’s not good. In 2008-ish she began a blog that she mainly used to write devotionals and to keep friends and family updated on her mission trips to Guatemala and other countries. She retired that blog when she chose to pursue a career as a novelist. She’d found her niche. Historical fiction. She would’ve started writing it sooner if the research hadn’t been so daunting, but as it turns out, she rather enjoys the research after all. Her current website (amyrenaudauthor.com) features devotionals, recipes, tidbits on her journey to publication (still in process), and book reviews.
2018 was a game changing year for Amy’s writing when she found American Christian Fiction Writers. She has three unpublished novels complete and a couple more in various stages of drafting. They hover somewhere between the historical and historical romance genres. Amy was a semi-finalist in the ACFW Genesis contest in 2019, a finalist in 2020, a finalist in 2021, and a semi-finalist in 2022. She was also a Cascade finalist in 2024. Amy is represented by Rachel McMillan, literary agent.
Amy is Canadian, the youngest of four sisters, and the daughter of ministers. Her mom and dad have been pastors for over 40 years, in three provinces. Over the years, ministry life has grown dear to Amy’s heart and she spent six years working for three different ministries—an evangelistic ministry, a pregnancy crisis centre, and her local church. She loved doing short-term mission work in Ireland, Trinidad, the United States of America, Brazil and Israel, as well she was a part of a team from her local church to start a children’s home in Guatemala. She’s always loved serving in her local church. She served twenty-three years as a vocalist on a worship team, and has served in kids church, youth ministry, a prayer team, the tv ministry, and various other ministries over the years. She especially loves whenever she and her drummer/guitarist husband get to sing and worship together, whether at home or at church.
Amy married her studly French-Canadian soldier (who has since retired) in 2011. They have two strapping sons and a sweet daughter. They make their home in Eastern Ontario, Canada.
Short Bio
Amy Renaud pens historical tales infused with love and brokenness, encountered by redemption . . . and quirky side characters. She is an ACFW Genesis finalist and Cascade Finalist. She makes her home in Eastern Ontario, Canada, with her studly army veteran husband and 3 kids. Connect with Amy on her website, Facebook, Instagram, and X/Twitter.