Carole Coates

Carole Coates is a poet, essayist, photographer, and family archivist. She writes about family, everyday experiences, and her relationship with nature with both lighthearted and thought-provoking personal observations. She currently makes her home in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband of almost fifty years in the house they built with their own hands. They have two grown children, just the right number of grandchildren, and a very large garden. Her previous book, Living on the...See more

Carole Coates is a poet, essayist, photographer, and family archivist. She writes about family, everyday experiences, and her relationship with nature with both lighthearted and thought-provoking personal observations. She currently makes her home in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband of almost fifty years in the house they built with their own hands. They have two grown children, just the right number of grandchildren, and a very large garden. Her previous book, Living on the Diagonal: Mountain Musings, is a small volume of poetry and photography. She's currently working on a series of personal essays. See less