Bay City Tribune

Houston's former first lady and award winning novelist Andrea White is coming to Palacios on Thursday, Jan. 14, to discuss her books with members of Matagorda and Calhoun County Retired Teachers and local book clubs at Palacios Library while supporting her husband Bill White's bid for governor.

"Book Talk: Conversations with Andrea White," will be held from 3-5 p.m. at the Palacios Library before White heads over to Palacios Mexican Restaurant for a meet and greet from 5:30-7 p.m.

Andrea White wears many hatswife, mother, author, friend, blogger, education and community activist and P.S., which is short for passionate supporter.

The initials, P.S., continue to take on new meaning for Andrea, most recently asking others to please support her husband, Bill, as he pursues state office as Governor of Texas.

Andrea and Bill have been married for 25 years and have three children, a son freshly graduated from Wake Forest now working on his dad's campaign, a daughter majoring in Energy Studies at Rice University and a high school-aged son who is an avid and passionate basketball player who hopes to attend West Point.

While Andrea always knew it was a possibility that Bill would enter politics someday, she said there was no way to prepare for the reality of it. After some initial apprehension, Andrea says she quickly learned that she actually enjoyed most of the things she feared.

She describes her political spouse role as a truly unique and wonderful volunteer job where she has been able to focus on her passion for education, literacy, and keeping kids in school.

When Andrea is not working hard making sure that kids are reading, she's writing books for them. While in her mid-40s, Andrea embarked on a new career as a writer, something she had thought about since childhood.

Her four books have all been published during the six years Bill was Mayor of Houston. The books include her journal of public life, P.S. Passionate Supporter and Political Spouse, as well as three young-adult historical fiction titles: Surviving Antarctica, Window Boy and Radiant Girl. Andrea won a Golden Spur award for her first book, Surviving Antarctica.

Before Andrea was a published author and a political spouse she practiced law and was one of the first female partners at a major Texas law firm. She received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas.

Andrea invites readers to visit her blog at www.passionatesupporter.com.