Annie Wilder
AUTHOR

Annie Wilder

Religion & Spirituality
Tap the gear icon above to manage new release emails.
Once, not that long ago, my days and nights were filled with ghosts.... But for these past few unusual years, I've been essentially holding space and recalibrating my life in (fittingly enough) the Driftless Area of Minnesota, in a beautiful and seemingly unhaunted Victorian home in another historic river town. The world is in such a different place now than when I stepped back from my writing and spirited events in 2016. I still consider myself a student and scribe of the spirit world, but my focus going forward will be be on earth healing practices through spirit/energy work and sustainable stewardship. For 25 years, from 1994 till 2019, I lived in a very haunted house, a strange and magical old Victorian in a historic Minnesota town on the Mississippi River. HOUSE OF SPIRITS AND WHISPERS, my first book, is a true account of this remarkable house that seemed to be a threshold to the spirit world. The house had a guardian spirit named Leon, the old man who lived there before us. Leon acted as a protector of the house and an ally on the astral realm. According to Linda Drake, one of the psychics who visited my house, Leon confirmed that, “This house is filled with ‘doorways.’ It's like Grand Central Station for ghosts.” After a good run of many years and several printings, I got the rights back to HOUSE OF SPIRITS AND WHISPERS. This year (2023) I am re-releasing an updated version of my book under my own publishing company with a bright new cover that I love and and a new preface, plus never-before-published photographs and bonus material. In addition to writing books and hosting haunted tea parties and other spirit-themed events at my home from 2006 ~ 2016 through Annie Wilder’s Haunted Tea Parties and Spirited Schoolhouse Events, I worked for thirteen years as a copywriter at Llewellyn, the world's oldest and largest publisher of metaphysical books. Every day, I got to read manuscripts on topics ranging from tarot and astrology to witchcraft and magick to faeries, UFOs, and reincarnation. I did freelance writing for Llewellyn for many years after I left, so between my house, my work, and haunted events, I read a lot of fascinating stuff and heard a lot of weird stories. My second book, SPIRITS OUT OF TIME, is a collection of true family ghost stories. Some of the stories go back four generations, and include Irish family lore about banshees, the little people, and the death knock. One of my favorite accounts is from my German great-great grandma who lost five children in five years, and saw a star “fall over the house” each time she lost a child. It is my hope that sharing my family's experiences will help illuminate some of the mysteries of the spirit world. My third book, TRUCKER GHOST STORIES, is a collection of true ghost stories, unexplained or paranormal encounters, and haunted legends and lore of the road. The stories are primarily from truckers or those associated with truckers and the transportation industry — diesel mechanics, trucking company security guards, truckers’ ex-wives or ex-girlfriends. It includes stories of encounters with a ghost rider on old Highway 666, phantom trucks and trains, soldiers lost in time, UFOs, roads that don't exist (at least in our dimension), a prom girl ghost in Alabama, a demon in Texas, and a shadow person in Charlotte, among other tales. TRUCKER GHOST STORIES also features some haunted highway stories from non-truckers that made the cut because they're great stories. These true first-hand accounts reveal the very scary, very strange things taking place on seemingly ordinary nights while driving deserted highways, back roads, and byways — and maybe, somewhere near you. I collaborated with my dad and my great aunt Clara for my fourth book, BOOTLEGGERS, BLOODY TOWN AND DEEP CREEK: TRUE CHILDHOOD STORIES. This collection of short humorous essays features my German great grandparents, William and Edyth Foltz (Clara’s parents) and small town life in Henderson, Minnesota in three different eras of the 20th century. This collection features many photographs and is available exclusively in e-book format.
Read more Read less
You're getting a free audiobook


You're getting a free audiobook.

$14.95 per month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.
Try for $0.00

Best Sellers

Product List
  • Trucker Ghost Stories Audiobook By Annie Wilder - editor cover art

    Regular price: $16.00 or 1 credit

    Sale price: $16.00 or 1 credit

    Try for $0.00

Are you an author?

Help us improve our Author Pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography.
Visit Amazon Author Central