Mary Alice Monroe, also published as Mary Alice Kruesi, is a New York Times best-selling fiction writer. Many of her novels deal with environmental issues; For example, The Beach House and Swimming Lessons refer to the plight of injured sea turtles.

Monroe currently resides in South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

, and so many of her novels are set in the South and feature "strong Southern women".

Her recent novel, Time is a River, is about breast cancer survivors in a fly-fishing group in North Carolina, and Last Light Over Carolinadescribes the life and times of the shrimping industry. Monroe received the 2008 Award for Writing from the South Carolina Center for the Book.

Novels

This is a partial list of novels originally listed on the author's website.

• Last Light Over Carolina
• Time is a River
• Swimming Lessons
• Turtle Summer
• Sweetgrass
• Skyward
• The Beach House
• The Four Seasons
• The Book Club
• Girl in the Mirror