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.
I’ve been writing almost as long as I’ve been reading. Words have always been a comfort and a strength…
Recent Writing
Book It
I’ve read a few books this summer – there are still many on my TBR pile, of course. Here’s a brief run-down with a short synopsis of what I’ve managed to put back on my bookshelves, though. I’ll start with Jill McCorkle’s Going Away Shoes. I won this as a door prize...
My Body Is a ONE-derland
June 19th was the second anniversary of my gastric bypass surgery. It's not a surgery that is “done” and is then just over – I keep dealing with what happened every single day, if I want it to be a success. I have to eat a certain way – certain things are “off the...
Literary Happenings
I was excited not to be traveling anywhere this month that required a suitcase. I thought the month would be a slow-down month. It turned out to be quite eventful, in spite of no packed bags, and it still has nine days to go. I started the month with my Lost State...