Alexa- “Asagi”- Andres is a writer/storyteller from Woodstock, Georgia who has been a writer in the making since she could speak and would dictate stories to her mother. Alexa has Sensory Processing Disorder and that has spurred on her General Anxiety Disorder, despite this she asks everyone to embrace their differences rather than condemn them. She owes her success to her astounding mother, as well as her extremely supportive grandmother and fellow fantasy writers. She also donates a portion of book proceeds to a charity that correlates with the theme of each book in order to help make the world a better place, no matter how small her hand is in it.
From the farms and pastures of the north Georgia mountains, where pine trees grow in the brick red clay, the tradition of storytelling is alive and well. As rustic as a barbed wire fence, as homey as a light in the window, In the Pines is a collection of stories and poems told in the voice of a vanishing people. Funny, poignant, and reminiscent of events and personalities familiar to us all, you will come away feeling that someone in the book reminds you of a person you know. This is not a book about the magnolia and cotillion south, but about the lives of Appalachian people who lived a hardscrabble life at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains. So, take a journey into the lives of the Appalachian people and listen to the characters tell their stories of joys and struggles, and everyday life in the mountains, in the pines.
When Alex's father takes her to their favorite beach she brings a dandelion with her to make a special wish, but upon arrival she sees another little girl who might need the wish much more than she does..
