Meet USA Today Bestselling Author MICHELLE COLLINS ANDERSON

USA Today bestselling author MICHELLE COLLINS ANDERSON celebrates the release of her new book THE MOONSHINE WOMEN.

ABOUT MICHELLE COLLINS ANDERSON

Michelle Collins Anderson is the USA Today bestselling author of The Moonshine Women and The Flower Sisters, which was a Missouri Library Association Literary Award winner, the Scenic Regional Library, Washington Public Library & East Central College Community Reads selection, and winner of the “Show Me” Award from the Missouri Writers’ Guild. She grew up on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks — a place and a way of life that has shaped her writing. A graduate of the University of Missouri with a MFA from Warren Wilson College, she previously worked in advertising and public relations, taught elementary school creative writing, and was an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri and Stephens College. She serves on the board of The Missouri Review and her Pushcart Prize-nominated short fiction has appeared in numerous publications. A mother of three, she lives with her family in St. Louis, Missouri.

ABOUTTHE MOONSHINE WOMEN

Every batch of the Strong family’s moonshine has its own special flavor, thanks to the secret ingredients added to the barrels of fermenting corn mash. Whether a bucketful of golden peaches, a ripe melon or juicy, jewel-toned berries, that extra “something something” is what makes the Strong “shine” so prized.

Each of the Strong sisters, too, is distinct. The stoic and steadfast eldest, Rebecca, finds more comfort in nature than with people…until she finds a new home in the love she discovers for the woman who restores her health after a near-devastating accident. Middle sister Elsie is kind, beautiful—and itching for a life more thrilling than the farm can offer. And Jace, the bold and wild-hearted youngest, is known far and wide as “Shine,” a name that suits her fiery personality and flaming red hair as much as her innate skill with a still.

When their father is murdered while tending his still, it’s Shine’s innate talents, resourcefulness, and unquestioned strength that will keep her family together. From the Ozark mountains edged in oak and pine, to the outlaw paradise of Hot Springs, Arkansas—where gangsters like Al Capone line the bar at the Southern Club—the sisters’ quests for vengeance, healing, and love drive them forward, in search of a future as transformative and powerful as the purest Strong moonshine.

PRAISE FOR MICHELLE COLLINS ANDERSON

“A vivid blend of sensorial writing, historical detail, and memorable characters await in this compelling, surprising, insightful story of the weight of long-held secrets and the resulting hunger for truth.” – Susan Meissner, USA Today bestselling author of Only the Beautiful on The Flower Sisters " Vivid and evocative, this is a debut to savor." —Kim Michele Richardson, New York Times bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek on The Flower Sisters

“Filled with both poignancy and humor. Fans of Fannie Flagg's novels will be delighted!” – Pamela Klinger-Horn, Valley Bookseller (Stillwater, MN) on The Flower Sisters

“Think deep woods, women with grit and heart, and a story full of hardship and love. The Strong sisters are the kind of characters you don’t forget.” – Brittany Hebert, Bluebonnet Regional Branch Library (Baton Rouge, LA) on The Moonshine Women