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
Welcome to Wherever You Are
You know me as a Duranie. The internet knows me as a Duranie —seriously, do a Google search for Chrissie and Duran Duran and AI brings up information about me, not the lyrics to a song they wrote that appears on their first album with my name in it. Freaky! But ever...
Knowing How to Lose
Knowing How to Lose is the name of my poetry chapbook, finally submitted to the publisher this week, which is a great load off of my plate and off of my mind. Twenty-two poems make up the collection. Fifteen of them were published prior to the chapbook coming together...
The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Music
Aside from the 80s Cruise, there have been lots of other music and performances in the past few months. Let’s start with something that wasn’t a concert, but that I’ve waited to do for a very long time. Craig Ferguson performed his comedy act at The Paramount in...