Posts by Mary Alice Monroe
Friends & Fiction: Summer Guest Authors
The Friends & Fiction summer schedule of guest authors is out. It’s an incredible line-up of writers joining us on Friends & Fiction. If you haven’t tuned in to our weekly Wednesday, 7PM ET live stream on Facebook, you’re missing out! Friends & Fiction is five bestselling authors and friends–me and Patti Callahan Henry, Mary…
Read MoreBig News for Friends & Fiction
We have big news for Friends & Fiction! This summer, we have special guests. Join us Wednesday, June 3rd to help us welcome Kristin Hannah. She’s the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the international blockbuster The Nightingale. Friends and Fiction is a weekly Facebook Live event…
Read MoreNew Book and a Turtle Nest
SPECIAL DAY This photo marks a special day. The official launch of my new summer novel, ON OCEAN BOULEVARD and the date of the first reported sea turtle nest of the 2020 season on the Isle of Palms, South Carolina. TURTLE LADY This is amazing for a few reasons. The Isle of Palms…
Read MoreFriends and Fiction Weekly Chat
The Friends and Fiction weekly chat is a Facebook Live happy hour every Wednesday, 7 PM ET. It’s a highlight of my week! The ritual of logging onto my laptop to connect with readers and my writer friends Patti Callahan Henry, Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, and Kristy Woodson Harvey is uplifting. The weekly…
Read MoreBeach Reading Season is Almost Here
Beach reading season feels more important than ever. With social distancing rules still in place and many beaches still closed to the public, I’ve had many readers tell me their annual beach trips are canceled or postponed this year. “I really need your book to take me away to the beach” That comment on…
Read MoreTHOUGHTS ON THE IDES OF MARCH
It is the Ides of March. Most of us are beginning to voluntarily self- isolate/quarantine ourselves and our families in hopes of containing the disease COVID-19, AKA: the coronavirus. I am so sorry for my fellow authors who have had to cancel their appearances. My apologies to all my April events that I cancelled. We…
Read MoreRECORD-SETTING DONATION RAISED FROM WILD DUNES AUTHOR SERIES
The annual Wild Dunes Author Series raised a record-setting amount of money– more than $8000 –for the local literacy organization Reading Partners South Carolina. Also newsworthy, we have already set the date for the 2021 event. Keep reading for details! More than 350 people attended the January 19th event “Wild Dunes Presents: A Conversation…
Read More“ON OCEAN BOULEVARD” BOOK COVER REVEAL
I’m thrilled to finally reveal the book cover for ON OCEAN BOULEVARD. It will be in stores in just about four months, on May 19. The cover art captures the feeling I want readers to have when they dive into the story world. Exhilaration! ABOUT THE BOOK ON OCEAN BOULEVARD is a whole-hearted…
Read MoreANNOUNCING NEW BOOK AND SPECIAL AUTHOR EVENT
When people are decorating their front porches with pumpkins, that means I’m deep into my annual tradition … story-writing mode. For weeks, I’ve been holed up in my office working on a new novel. Today I’m excited to share my new book announcement with you, along with a few important notes to share. SEASON OF…
Read MoreREMEMBERING TWO ICONS OF THE LITERARY SOUTH
Hearts across the Lowcountry of South Carolina and beyond broke–mine included–when the news hit. The deaths of my friends and fellow writers Dorothea Benton Frank and Anne Rivers Siddons. Their passings were only days apart from each other. I was honored to be asked by Garden & Gun Magazine to write an essay with…
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