about me

“Owl hasn’t exactly got Brain, but he Knows Things”

A. A. Milne – Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)

Author, crafter, illustrator, gardener…

I write the much-loved Connor Falls Christmas series as Robin Maderich (and a long-ago historical romance called Faith and Honor). I also write young adult fantasy as Jo Allen Ash, paranormal romance as Celia Ashley (including Midnight Hearts–on the bestseller list for fifteen weeks), and once upon a time I wrote a book as Alyssa Deane, an internationally published novel which found its way into the wide world when the rights to Once & Always were sold to various foreign publishers for translation. (Incidentally, a voting group of readers also declared the book one they most wanted to see as a movie. That would have been cool.)

Besides all that writing, I craft. A lot. Maybe too much (is there really too much crafting?). I have illustrated a family read-aloud Christmas book (H is for Home), as well as Christmas cards. And I garden. Or do my best to garden. If I didn’t value my fingers so much, I would love to learn woodworking. I’ve made soap, candles, tried my hand at crochet, and even designed the additions to the house where I now live. I tend to spread myself a little thin, let me tell you.

And in case you haven’t figured it out, I love Christmas!

To find out more about me, please consider visiting the following sites:

My website as Jo Allen Ash: https://joallenash.com

My YouTube Channel for crafting:  https://www.youtube.com/@tumblecreekchristmas-2024

My YouTube Channel for so many other things, including Pippa videos (humorous shorts about my son’s basset hound):  https://www.youtube.com/@robinmaderich6745

My Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/winterlightcardco/

Or you may e-mail me at robin @ robinmaderichwrites.com (no spaces, of course).

Thanks for stopping by!