Author: Amy Hollingsworth

Amy Hollingsworth is the author of The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers: Spiritual Insights from the World”s Most Beloved Neighbor (2005), based on her nine-year friendship with television”s Fred Rogers; and Gifts of Passage: What the Dying Tell Us with the Gifts They Leave Behind (2008). She taught as an adjunct professor of psychology at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where she lives with her husband, Jeff, and their children, Jonathan and Emily. She has written for various magazines, including Parent Life, and was a writer for eight years for a national television program. She was named one of USA Today entertainment blog”s Top 100 People of 2010 for her influence on pop culture and featured in the documentary by MTV News VP/producer Benjamin Wagner titled “Mister Rogers & Me.”