chrissie anderson peters

Appalachian Author

Chrissie Anderson Peters is a Southwest Virginia native and the author of three books: Dog Days and Dragonflies, Running From Crazy, and Blue Ridge Christmas. Her writing can also be found  in Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, The Mildred Haun Review, Still: The Journal, and Clinch Mountain Review, among other publications. Chrissie is currently at work on her fourth book, which is tentatively titled Chasing After Rainbows

Dog Days and Dragonflies
Running From Crazy
Blue Ridge Christmas

I’ve been writing almost as long as I’ve been reading. Words have always been a comfort and a strength…

Chrissie Anderson Peters takes us into the complicated, dark, and beautiful heart of contemporary Appalachia with these intriguing stories, essays, and poems.

Silas House, author of Same Sun Here and Parchment of Leaves

If you’re looking for brave vision in a new voice, Dog Days and Dragonflies is the book for you. Chrissie Anderson Peters’ stories of friendship, hardship, family love and betrayal will stay with you long past the last page

George Ella Lyon, author of She Let Herself Go

Again and again, Chrissie Anderson Peters reminds us about everything that’s magical, revealing the true spirit of Christmas.

Denton Loving, author of Crimes Against Birds

Recent Writing

Here I Go Again

Here I Go Again

It’s almost that time again. That time of year when I get on a Royal Caribbean ship and go back in time with about 4000 other 80s enthusiasts, usually the same ship that has just the previous week hosted the same number of Trekkies from around the world. Yes, the...

Buffalo

Buffalo

"I got a pocket full of quarters/and I'm headed to the arcade..." It's not exactly the Arcade, but that's what Russ and I like to call it. And it's not Pac-Man Fever – for me, it's all about BUFFALO! This is a post about going to the Hard Rock Casino in Bristol. Since...

Writing Recap January and February

Writing Recap January and February

My big writing adventure in January was Tennessee Mountain Writers’ January Jumpstart on January 18-19, in Oak Ridge, TN. We had two workshop speakers, Lisa Coffey for Poetry and Robert Gipe for Fiction. I was in Robert Gipe’s workshop. As always, Robert was...