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Mandy Hargroder (HAR-gru-der; born December 1, 2000 as Mandy Parker) is an American author and entrepreneur.

Born in West Monroe, Louisiana, Mandy was 16 when she conceived the idea for Even So (2023) which later turned into a series. The seven-year journey for writing her first book entailed high school, high school band, college, college band, boyfriends, jobs, engagement, graduation, and marriage. Once she married in June 2023, she and her husband moved to Houston, Texas for his career. He gave her four months to write her first book.

Originally published by Archway Publishing, she soon decided to take a different route and publish through KDP, leading to a new cover for Even So. The Even So series will be an anthology tetralogy, meaning that you don't have to read them in order.

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Life and Career
Mandy was raised in Winnsboro, Louisiana; graduated from Franklin Parish High School, and graduated college at Louisiana Tech University in 2022 with a BS in Sociology and a minor in Business Management.

Her jobs have included a call center representative, an event coordinator at a wedding venue at the Loft, and an office assistant at Safari Texas Ranch.

Mandy's writing is the beginning of her endeavors to be a full-time entrepreneur with her own business to sell others' art along with her own books and crocheted blankets.