Mary Alice Monroe is a best-selling author known for fiction that explore the compelling parallels between nature and human nature. Many of her novels deal with environmental issues. For example, The Beach House and Swimming Lessons refer to the plight of injured sea turtles.[1][2]

Monroe currently resides in South Carolina, and many of her novels are set in the southern United States and feature "strong Southern women".[3]

Her novel Time Is a River is about breast cancer survivors in a fly-fishing group in North Carolina, and Last Light Over Carolina describes the life and times of the shrimping industry.[4]

Monroe has received numerous awards, including the 2008 Award for Writing from the South Carolina Center for the Book, 2014 South Carolina Award for Literary Excellence, 2015 SW Florida Author of Distinction Award, the RT Lifetime Achievement Award, the International Book Award for Green Fiction. Mary Alice Monroe is a 2018 inductee to the South Carolina Academy of Authors.

Bibliography

This is a full list of novels from the author's website.[5]

TitleYearSeries
The Long Road Home1995
Girl in the Mirror1998
The Book Club1999
Second Star to the Right1999Children's (as Mary Alice Kruesi)
One Summer's Night2000Children's (as Mary Alice Kruesi)
The Four Seasons2001
The Beach House2002Beach House #1
Skyward2003
Sweetgrass2005
Turtle Summer2007Children's
Swimming Lessons2007Beach House #2
Time Is a River2008
Last Light Over Carolina2009
The Butterfly's Daughter2011
Beach House Memories2012Beach House #3
The Summer Girls2013Lowcountry Summer #1
A Butterfly Called Hope2013Children's
The Summer Wind2014Lowcountry Summer #2
The Summer's End2015Lowcountry Summer #3
A Lowcountry Wedding2016Lowcountry Summer #4
A Lowcountry Christmas2016Lowcountry Summer #5
Beach House for Rent2017Beach House #4
Beach House Reunion2018Beach House #5
The Summer Guests2019
On Ocean Boulevard2020Beach House #6
The Summer of Lost and Found2021Beach House #7
The Islanders2021Children's
Search for Treasure2022Children's
Shipwrecked2024Children's

Adaptations

The Beach House (2002) was adapted as the TV movie The Beach House (2018) by the Hallmark Channel.

References

  1. ↑ "Quick Q&A With Mary Alice Monroe". All About Romance. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  2. ↑ "Fresh Fiction". Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  3. ↑ Review on Amazon.com. Publishers Weekly. July 2008. ISBN 978-1416544364.
  4. ↑ Wilson, Craig (2008-07-07). "Author of 'Time Is a River' casts for deeper meaning". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  5. ↑ "Books – Mary Alice Monroe".
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