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
Highland Summer Conference 2026
This year’s Highland Summer Conference in Radford, Virginia, was another stunning adventure! Held July 20-24, and organized by April Asbury, it met all my expectations of the prior years and went further. This year’s workshop leader was poet Marianne Worthington, with...
Three Years and Counting
It’s the third anniversary of my gastric bypass surgery. I’ll be honest: I’d love to celebrate it with a hot dog and a milkshake. I splurge sometimes and have milkshakes, but my lack of a stomach can no longer process hot dogs so well. If I strip off the casing and...
Poetry Half-Marathon
I clocked in at 9:03 p.m. on Saturday night for the Poetry Half-Marathon, June 13, after a day that could only be described as chaotic. My hairdresser was out of town unexpectedly, and her first suggestion for getting my hair fixed the day before hadn’t panned out at...