Mindy Lawrence is a writer, blogger, and artist based in Farmington, Missouri. She worked for the State of Missouri for over 24 years and moved to Farmington in 2020. Her first poetry book, "One Blue Star," was published by Red Engine Press in 2004. Mindy proofread the Sharing with Writers newsletter by Carolyn Howard-Johnson and wrote “An Itty-Bitty Column on Writing” there for ten years. She has been published in Writers' Digest magazine and interviewed by NPR’s All Things Considered along with three other female writers from Missouri.

Mindy also makes handbound books, homemade bread, and is a reading fiend.