Christy Edwards Lawton

Christy Edwards is a devoted Christian, lifelong conservative, and proud American whose faith has always come first and whose love of country has never wavered. She began working on campaigns in high school, but her conservative roots go back even earlier. Introduced to Rush Limbaugh in seventh grade, she became such a committed ditto-head that she wore a Rush T-shirt to school. Twenty-five years later, Charlie Kirk introduced her to Rush in person, connecting them with their shared hero.

Her friendship with Charlie began when Donald Trump Jr. introduced them at a private Trump fundraiser in Jackson, Wyoming. Despite the age gap, their bond grew into a private, offline friendship marked by mentorship and an older-sister kind of closeness.

Christy is the founder of the conservative dating app Righter, an advocate for animal cruelty legislation, a donor and supporter of veterans and conservative candidates, and the mother of two happily married children. She lives in Scottsdale with her two dachshunds, Fritz and Buck.

Written out of complicated grief and grounded in Genesis 50:20, this book is both tribute and testimony: “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”

Live like Charlie.