Tanner Olson is an author, poet, and speaker living in Nashville, TN with his wife Sarah and their dog, Pancake.

Tanner started writing in 2013 and began sharing his work under the name @writtentospeak. The mission of Tanner’s writing is to spread hope and announce love through written and spoken word poetry.

From classrooms to churches to organizations to coffee shops, Tanner has traveled across the country performing poetry, delivering messages of hope, and sharing stories.

He is the author of I’m All Over the Place: A Book of Poems, Prayers, and Wonderings and As You Go: Words for the Unknown. His book, Walk a Little Slower, is available now.