Gaelyn Andrews
Joined August 2026
Gaelyn Andrews writes gentle mysteries rooted in old houses, family secrets, and the enduring power of place. Her stories explore friendship, remembrance, and the quiet ways the past continues to shape the present. A lifelong lover of history, literature, and houses that seem to possess stories of their own, she created The Cottentop Mysteries to welcome readers into a world where every room holds a memory and some mysteries are worth keeping. Within these pages, imagination is woven with the unexplained. The paranormal encounters threaded through the story were experienced by the author and her family at their residence, Cottentop Mansion. The Ghostwriter is the first novel in The Cottentop Mysteries.
Books by Gaelyn Andrews
Dear Reader,
The Ghostwriter began with a house. Cottentop has entrusted her stories slowly and never all at once, and this novel grew from the memories, mysteries, and unexplained moments my family and I have known within her walls.
As you enter Cottentop with Eponine and Arden, I hope you find more than a mystery. I hope you find friendship, remembrance, and the quiet knowledge that some places keep faith with those who love them.
Thank you for crossing Cottentop’s threshold. Pour a cup of tea, settle in, and stay awhile.
May you find something here worth keeping.
From Cottentop, with gratitude,
— Gaelyn Andrews