Welcome to SpikeGillespie.com
Spike Gillespie is a journalist, author, teacher, documentary filmmaker, ordained minister and life coach. She lives in Austin, Texas.
Spike is the critically acclaimed author of four books and countless magazine articles. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Real Simple, GQ, Esquire, Elle, Smithsonian, National Geographic Traveler, The Christian Science Monitor, Texas Monthly, The Dallas Morning News, and other publications. In 2006, Austin Chronicle readers voted her Best Author in Austin.
Spike also is the co-founder of the Austin Children of Musicians, Artists and Writers Fund (ACMAWF), a non-profit fund to help kids in crisis. She is the President of the Office of Good Deeds. Spike also joyfully performs weddings. And check out her new gig at blog.launchpadcoworking.com!
And please check out Bread for the Journey, an international organization whose primary goal is being a leading voice for simple, community-based philanthropy.