Ann Goltz

Ann Goltz writes fiction that deals with complicated family dynamics, questions of identity, and the intersection of faith and life. She completed her first novel in high school, and she considers that story a tremendous (though unpublishable) learning experience.

Her love for books led her to a job at a bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Unfortunately, that job gave her more experience with bookkeeping than writing or publishing actual books, and she got sidetracked into a finance career.

For five years she worked for the US Air Force, managing the financial aspects of various defense programs and general operations. During this time she also earned a BS in Management, only to discover that she didn’t want a career in business. She quit her job in order to pursue a Master’s in Divinity full time. She graduated from Wartburg Theological Seminary and became an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

After serving congregations in South Dakota, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Iowa, she left active ministry in order to care for her family and focus on writing. She still practices her faith as a member of an ELCA congregation and as a Benedictine Oblate. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, two teenagers, and three cats. Virtuous Women is her first published novel. Her second novel, What Happened to Zinnia, is scheduled for release in May 2027.