FRESH TAKE
Mary Alice Monroe is known for her fiction with environmental themes and meticulous research. When she embarked on a new novel during lockdown, that all changed.
Mary Alice Monroe is The New York Times bestselling author of 27 books. More than 7.5 million copies of her books have been published worldwide and she is known for writing compelling environmental fiction. A passionate conservationist, Mary Alice has won numerous awards including the prestigious Southern Prize for Fiction, several Readers Choice awards, and was recently named a South Carolina Academy of Authors 2018 Literary Hall of Fame inductee. She is the co-creator/co-host of the new literary sensation “Friends & Fiction,” a hit weekly web show and podcast. In addition to her latest adult book, The Summer of Lost and Found (May 2021), she makes her middle-grade author debut with The Islanders in June 2021. www.maryalicemonroe.com