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The North Carolina Appalachians are home to Peggy's family as well as her novels. She is a born and bred Appalachian mountain native,
only willing to leave the green mountains for short visits.
Readers describe her novels as masterpieces of mountain life. Peggy has the rare gift of putting you in the story
and experiencing every word.
Peggy was born at the end of a dirt road called Sugar Tree in Ashe County.
She met her future husband, David Stern, when she was fourteen. She was married at the age of seventeen and had her first
four children within five years. Later on, she had two more.
She likes to tell people that David wanted twelve children, but she will only meet a man half-way - and so agreed to
have six.
Peggy says her life is like a patchwork quilt. It's made from a rag of almost everything.
When asked what she wanted to become as a child, she answers, "I wanted to become a doctor, a lawyer, or a writer. I
thought a writer would take less preparation and money. Was I ever wrong."
When asked about her writing, Peggy smiles and says, "I'm a natural-born story teller. Therefore, I suppose I'm a natural-born
writer, too. Although, for about thirty-eight years, I didn't think so. I thought people that wrote had to have many years
of college education and a string of letters after their name, but I learned it was not necessarily true. An author named
Terry Kay gave me some advice that has never left my mind. He said, 'All words are the same. It's how you use them that will
make the difference'."
"Words are tools used to put images into readers minds. With every word I write, I hope I am giving the reader images
that will last a life time. I want the reader to see life - the good and the bad of it. To live a bit of history - a bit of
mountain heritage that is fading fast. I want the readers to breathe in of the characters in each book and understand their
sorrows and pleasures, the hardships and the joys of life. Most of all, I want every reader that buys my books to be able
to say, ''That's the best money I've ever spent.' Put each book on a shelf and keep it as though it was a treasured antique."
Novels: Peggy has eleven novels published and two non-fiction books. "Usually I have eight manuscripts in my computer
that I'm working on. The information I want in each manuscript won't always come to me, but information on one of them always
will. That's why I write more than one novel at at time."
When asked where she gets her idea's for a novel from, she grins and says, "That's not hard. I can feel the wind blow
and have a wonderful idea for another book. I have so many idea's they fight with each other over which one gets told first."
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Read
for entertainment and learning. Discover the life and times of the Appalachian people. Start a collection.
The
first editions are 100% Peggy Poe Stern – she writes the characters’ stories, paints the cover picture, then prints
and binds each book. Her novels will become your heirlooms.
Visit your local library www.publiclibraries.com/ to enjoy Peggy’s books. If her books aren’t in their collection, Peggy would be most
appreciative if you would share this site and request her books be added for their patrons’ enjoyment.
Contact Peggy at 828-963-5331 to purchase books with a card or check. Let her know how
you would like them autographed. Visit Amaxon.com to purchase online. E-mail, call, fax,
or write Peggy to suggest corrections, give feedback, arrange presentations, or make other special requests:
Peggy Poe
Stern
475 Church Hollow Road
Boone, NC 28607
828-963-5331 Tel
828-963-4101
Fax
Patronize these businesses
in Western North Carolina and East Tennessee to purchase her books. If you aren't close, have your local book seller
contact Peggy.
Bakersville, NC 28705
ˇ Mitchell Co. Library
828-688-2511
Banner Elk,
NC 28604
ˇ Corner Palate 828-898-8668
Boone, NC 28607
ˇ ASU Bookstore 828-262-3070
ˇ Black Bear Books
828-264-4636
ˇ Highland Newsstand
828-264-5850
ˇ Foscoe Pharmacy 828-963-2060
Burnsville, NC 28714
ˇ Main Street Books
828-284-1156
Linville, NC 28657
ˇ Old Hampton Store
828-733-5213
Mountain City, TN 37683
ˇ Lois’s Café 423-727-9804
ˇ Family Book and Card
423-727-6499
Newland, NC 28657
ˇ Avery Post
828-733-1407
Roan Mountain, TN 37687
ˇ Twigs on the Roan 423-772-0221
Spruce Pine, NC 28777
ˇ Cuttin up
828-765-6640
ˇ Orchard at Altapass
888-765-9531
Warrensville, NC
28693
ˇ Warrensville Drug 336-384-3900
Visit 'Novels' page
Visit "Guidebooks' page
Visit 'Excerpt from Peggy's first novel' page
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