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Carrie J. Knowles

About

Carrie Knowles has published five novels: Lillian's Garden, Ashoan's Rug, A Garden Wall in Provence, The Inevitable Past, A Musical Affair; and a collection of short stories, Black Tie Optional. In her non-fiction memoir, The Last Childhood, she tells her family’s journey with her mother’s Alzheimer’s.

She has also written A Self-Guided Workbook and Gentle Tour on Learning How to Write Stories From Start-to-Finish.

Carrie was the North Carolina Piedmont Laureate for Short Fiction in 2014.

Books by Carrie J. Knowles
Recent Posts
Are You Pro- or Anti-Aging?

Personal Perspective: Are you ready to embrace your life, wrinkles and all?

Personal Perspective: Are you ready to embrace your life, wrinkles and all?

Thin Places: Where the Veil Between This World and Another Is Thin

A Personal Perspective: Feeling crushed by yet another day with COVID? Anxious about the economy and the general state of the world? A little time away in a thin place might be your ticket to calm.

A Personal Perspective: Feeling crushed by yet another day with COVID? Anxious about the economy and the general state of the world? A little time away in a thin place might be your ticket to calm.

Bibliotherapy: The Healing Power of Reading

Need a little help getting through some tough times? Talk to your librarian. She might know just the book you need to read.

Need a little help getting through some tough times? Talk to your librarian. She might know just the book you need to read.

Has Covid Changed the Way You Think About Work?

A Personal Perspective: Hobby, avocation, vocation. What brings you joy? It might be time to fall in love with your work again.

A Personal Perspective: Hobby, avocation, vocation. What brings you joy? It might be time to fall in love with your work again.

What Do You Do When the Sadness Overwhelms You?

When the sadness in your heart is too big to hold, it's important to have a place where you can refuel.

When the sadness in your heart is too big to hold, it's important to have a place where you can refuel.

Has It Been Forever—or Does It Just Feel Like It?

Tired of staying home? Put on some comfortable shoes and go outside. It might be the new way to stay happy and healthy.

Tired of staying home? Put on some comfortable shoes and go outside. It might be the new way to stay happy and healthy.

What’s Got You Tethered?

A Personal Perspective: Do your past successes have to define your future?

A Personal Perspective: Do your past successes have to define your future?

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda: Now What?

Make a list of all the things you couldn't do or should have done during COVID. Now throw the list away. The year 2022 is a blank page. Start with a clean slate.

Make a list of all the things you couldn't do or should have done during COVID. Now throw the list away. The year 2022 is a blank page. Start with a clean slate.