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Andria Kennedy

Andria Kennedy

Andria spent ten years as a licensed veterinary technician in the emergency and cardiology fields before taking up writing full-time. She's also a champion for invisible illness and chronic pain, having coped with fibromyalgia for most of her life. When not penning new essays - to the exacting standards and approval of her four cats and greyhound - she enjoys kayaking and hiking with her husband around their Virginia home.

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