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
Environmental issues are effects of human activity on the biophysical environment, most often of which are harmful effects that cause environmental degradation. Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment on t ...
. For example, ''The Beach House'' and ''Swimming Lessons'' refer to the plight of injured
sea turtle
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s.
Monroe currently resides in South Carolina, and many of her novels are set in the southern United States and feature "strong Southern women".
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.
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.
Adaptations
''The Beach House'' (2002) was adapted as the TV movie ''
The Beach House'' (2018) by the
Hallmark Channel
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.
References
External links
Official Website
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American novelists
American women novelists
21st-century American women writers
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