Andrew Bridge, bestselling author releases a new book- September 2024, The Child Catcher, he chronicles his role in the longest-running, most bitterly fought mental health lawsuit in American history.

Andrew Bridge

Andrew's Story

Andrew Bridge spent 11 years in Los Angeles County foster care, before earning a scholarship to Wesleyan University and graduating from Harvard Law School. He is a Fulbright Fellow and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Writing Resident.

His work has garnered coverage in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Showtime, The Observer, The CBS Early Show, NBC Nightly News, Time Magazine, PBS, Psychology Today, NPR, and Observer Magazine.

He began his legal career representing children against the State of Alabama. His work resulted in the closure of one of the most notorious psychiatric institutions in the country, the Eufaula Adolescent Center. After that, he returned home to Los Angeles as CEO of The Alliance for Children’s Rights. He defended children at MacLaren Hall, where he was once confined. Under Andrew’s leadership, The Alliance successfully sued Los Angeles County over its practice of not visiting foster children. The victory gave every foster child the right to see and speak with their social worker at least once a month.

Andrew chaired Los Angeles County’s Blue Ribbon Foster Care Task Force, which called for an end to the disproportionate removal of African-American babies from their parents. He is the co-founder of National Adoption Day. He went on to lead California’s largest recruiter of LGBT+ foster and adoptive parents.

A sought-after expert in his field, he has advised senior federal and state officials on reforming our foster care system to meet the needs of families living in poverty. His educational work resulted in the establishment of New Village Girls Academy, California’s first all-girls high school for pregnant and parenting teens. He regularly consults with child welfare systems, children’s facilities, and private foundations. As a member of Arizona’s Foster Care Review Board, Andrew advises Arizona’s Juvenile Court on the safety and well-being of individual children in the state’s care.

Through a special arrangement with the author, you will be supporting CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates for Children) when purchasing this book through this page. Andrew Bridge has committed to donate a portion of proceeds to benefit the CASA program of your choice or the ones most in need across the country.  The Child Catcher is the true story of the fight to rescue the children confined to a violent and secretive institution in the rural South.

Pre-Order Your Copy Here: To further support Maryland CASA - select Pre-Order To Support CASA, then scroll down to the state offices and click on MD-CASA.

Learn more about Andrew through his books. Hope’s Boy and The Child Catcher by visiting www.andrewbridgeauthor.com