Melissa Peagler

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Melissa Peagler was born and raised in New Market, Tennessee. She still lives there with her Husband, Eddy, and her two daughters, Lori and Cady. She is a fifth generation Quaker and serves as the Youth Director for Lost Creek Friends Church. Melissa graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2001 and currently serves as a Senior Planner for the City of Morristown, Tennessee. Melissa swears that writing is therapy for her wild imagination and she loves writing about her mountain home. The first book in her Lost Creek Saga is set to be released on July 22, 2011.
From the Author, My mama said that I was born talking and telling stories. Writing came naturally. I even won the 8th grade creative writing contest and was the editor for my high school newspaper. I've alway written for myself, church plays, and poetry, but never for anyone else until now. One of my co-workers, Roger Stallard, found one of my poems and really encouraged me to write something else. At first, I didn't think that I had any time to write. My husband was working nights and I had about an hour after the kids were in bed until he came home from work. I would write during that time and then I started writing whenever I could find a few minutes. Waiting on the kids to get done with dance or watching them playing in the yard. The first publishing company interested (From New York) told me that it was too southern and too christian. Then, the Nashville Company told me it wasn't Christian enough. Finally, Tammy Robinson-Smith at Little Creek books decided that it was time that others had a chance to read my story. I hope you enjoy it!Melissa
Lost Creek Saga

Lost Creek SagaThink Twilight... minus the vampires, set it in East Tennessee and Add some Quakers.....Dixie Mason is just beginning to get used to her new home when she catches her mother sneaking out at midnight with a car full of teenage boys. As she begins searching for answers, she stumbles on an old book, a secret society, and a boy willing to help her find them. Will Dixie find much more than she bargained for?

Melissa Peagler writes a coming of age tale that combines mysticism, religion and romance in a spell-binding mountain setting. Dixie Masons heroic quest for a peace that balances principles of her Quaker religion with the realities of the world, is a timely concept explored in a beautiful and intriguing manner. - Lisa Hall, Author of the "Cutie Pie Chronicles"

Dixie's Hometown

Black Oak Marina
Jefferson County High
New Market TN
Houston Mineral Water
Lost Creek Church
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lost Creek
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Lost Creek

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Dixie's Necklace

Lost Creek

Local Retailers Carrying Lost Creek

Rowenas on Main Street (Morristown, TN)

Rowenas (Jefferson City, TN)

Gigi's (Morristown, TN)

Rachel's Attic (Dandridge, TN)

All Southern Independent Bookstores

Barnes & Noble

Amazon

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Shiny Pre OrderBook & Necklace$20.00(Plus tax & shipping)
Pre Order the Book$12.95(plus tax & shipping)

Barnes & Noble Melissa Near You

Catch Melissa at.........November 26, 2011Revisited BooksColumbia, SC3pm to 6pmNovember 25, 2011Annette's Hallmark HouseLancaster, SC1p.m. to 3 p.m. October 28 - 29, 2011Mountain Makins FestivalRose CenterMorristown, TN 9 to 5 p.m.October 8, 2011Storytellers BookstoreWake Forest, NC11 a.m. September 22, 2011Rachels' Attic Dandridge, TN4-7p.m.September 3, 2011Downtown Historical Musuem & Tennessee Tall Tales EmporiumMorristown, TN 37814August 27, 2011Gigi's Downtown, Morristown12 to 2pmAugust 25, 2011Licoln Heights Middle SchoolMorristown, TN2 - 3 p.m.August 27, 2011Gigi'sDowntown Morristown, TN12 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. August 6, 2011Blowfish EmporiumDowntown Bristol, VA/TN1 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.August 1, 2011Minnis HouseNew Market, TN5 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.July 30, 2011FUM Triennual ConferenceWilmington, Ohio3 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.July 22, 2011Black Oak GrilleJefferson City, TN5 p.m. to 7 p.m.June 4, 2011Lakeway Festival of WordsDowtown Morristown, TN9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.May 14, 2011Racks By the TracksDowntown Kingsport, Tennesse9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Contact Melissa:

483 Kearney Road

New Market, TN 37820

(865) 617-4052

melissapeagler_gmail.com

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