Mandy Hale is an American author, blogger, and speaker based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She is a New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Single Woman and has built a brand around the name.

Mandy was born and raised in Murfreesboro, Tennessee outside of Nashville, Tennessee and graduated from Oakland High School. She became a student Middle Tennessee State and earned her degree in Electronic Media Communications in 2002.

Mandy started the blog The Single Woman in 2010 after ending an abusive relationship and feeling creatively unchallenged at her employer at the time. She made a New Year's resolution to step out of her comfort zone and write about her experiences in an original, inspirational, and humorous manner. The underlying theme at the foundation of her blog is to empower women and to make them realize that they do not have to settle. ^[1] She started to gain a massive following and was discovered by Harper Collins. In 2013, she struck a book deal with the publisher and wrote The Single Woman: Life, Love, And A Dash of Sash, which has received over 700 five-star reviews on Amazon.

Mandy has authored several best-selling books including I've Never Been to Vegas, but My Luggage Has: Mishaps and Miracles on the Road to Happily Ever After (2014), Beautiful Uncertainty (2016), and the handbook The Single Woman’s Sassy Survival Guide: Letting Go and Moving On. In March of 2016, she left Harper Collins and is in the process of writing her 4th book with the Hatchet Book Group. She lists some of her influences being Erma Bombeck, Elizabeth Gilbert, Oprah Winfrey, Joyce Meyer, and Carrie Bradshaw (if she was a real person). Although Bombeck mostly documents life as a housewife, Mandy draws inspiration from her writing tone and style. In the past, Mandy has with brands such as Bumble to help expand their reach on her media platform.

Hale was invited by Oprah to cover her “Lifeclass: the Tour” events in St. Louis and New York City as part of OWN’s “VIP Press Corps,” and featured at the Women of Faith conference in Hartford, Connecticut. She has been heralded as a "Twitter Powerhouse" by The Huffington Post and a "Woman of Influence" by the Nashville Business Journal. She has spoken around the United States, and was a featured speaker on the Women of Faith Tour, at TD Jakes’ “Woman Thou Art Loosed” conference for over 20,000 attendees, and at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. She has also been a featured in Forbes magazine, Cosmopolitan magazine, Glamour.com, Fox News, The 700 Club, and many other outlets.

When Mandy is not working, she enjoys spending her free time reading, watching movies, hiking, being outdoors and spending time with her family and friends.

Mandy is a huge believer in fate and through her experiences, accepts that everything happens for a reason.