About the author

A multigenre author, poet, and storyteller.

LaRedeaux writes at the intersection of love, faith, womanhood, resilience, and becoming — moving between poetry, fiction, devotional writing, and honest reflection.

Portrait of LaRedeaux

"To make the reader feel seen."

LaRedeaux is a multigenre author, poet, and storyteller writing at the intersection of love, faith, womanhood, resilience, and becoming.

Her work moves comfortably between intimate poetry, emotionally layered fiction, devotional writing, and honest reflections on what it means to keep living, loving, healing, and beginning again.

Whether she is writing about a woman finding grace in the middle of an ordinary day, a love that refuses to leave quietly, or characters caught between desire and secrets, LaRedeaux writes with one intention:

to make the reader feel seen.

Beyond the page, LaRedeaux has spent more than twenty years behind the wheel as a professional truck driver — turning long stretches of road into a classroom for observation, honesty, and craft. Today she writes and speaks for the readers who have lived enough life to know that every chapter leaves something behind.

The Journey

A timeline of becoming

  1. 1997

    Behind the wheel

    Began a professional driving career — the classroom of a lifetime.

  2. 2012

    First book published

    Debut collection of flash fiction stories released — the first spark of a life in letters.

  3. 2017

    FTMS Customs

    Founded FTMS Customs, turning craft and vision into a business of her own.

  4. 2022

    The devotional series

    '90 Days to Rise' and 'Gracefully Rising Journal' launch, becoming reader favorites.

  5. 2026

    Grace in the Grind

    'Grace in the Grind' released — a signature work of honest faith and hard-won wisdom.

  6. Today

    A new chapter

    Studying medical coding while writing, speaking, and mentoring — living proof that seasons still turn.