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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…

READ MY STORY

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

Alma Mater

Oct 14, 2023 | Memoir, Poetry

Alma Mater:Where I learned to bethe true Chrissie,not the Chrissieeveryone elsewanted me to be.Where I learned to say yesto parties and Bacardi,where I learned to say yesto good times andgoofing off,where I learned to say yesto joining a Sorority,Unity...

Writing Update

Oct 7, 2023 | Writing Life

So much is happening in my writing life, I barely know where to begin! I’m up to 35 Rejections now! The 35th rejection was both difficult and excellent, as it was from Hippocampus, one of my dream publications for flash nonfiction. It was not a form letter rejection,...

There Isn’t a Race

Oct 7, 2023 | Memoir

When it comes to managing my weight post bariatric surgery, there isn’t a race. My surgery took place on Monday, June 19. At that time, I weighed 279 pounds, down from 300 pounds last November, when I wore a size 5X top. It has now been roughly 3.5 months since my...