With an authentic Southern voice, Ruth Moose creates characters that resonate the humor and tragedy of everyday lives. After all, what can be greater — or scarier — than real life? For 40 years, Ruth Moose has written poems, short stories, book reviews and columns, and recently completed her first novel. Originally from Albemarle, she now lives in Pittsboro, where she continues to write and teach since her retirement from the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Creative Writing Department in 2010. Paperback, 239 pages, $14.99.