Welcome to my website and thank you for visiting! I hope you will consider reading my debut novel, Madam’s Creek. Click on “Madam’s Creek” (above) for more about it.

The sequel to Madam’s Creek was released Nov. 1, 2019. The title is Broomstraw Ridge. Please see the menu item by that name to read more…. Thank you!

Then, who knew there would be a sequel to the sequel? Released in 2021, Salt in Boiling Water completes the New River trilogy.

(This trio of books can be read sequentially, but each novel also stands alone and can be read without reading the others.)

More recently (2023), Tupper’s Coins made its debut. This is another historical novel of the nineteenth century, this time set mostly in Charleston, South Carolina. The story is based on the lives of my great and great-great grandparents, and it includes something I was NOT going to revisit–the Civil War.

Something I really intend not to revisit is nonfiction, but not because I hate the result. Broadus Unbound, The Oversized Will, Intellect, and Influence of a Small Baptist relates the life of another nineteenth-century ancestor, John A. Broadus. It consists mostly of letters written by and to Broadus, and, you guessed it, it includes the Civil War.

Brief Bio:

Betsy Reeder grew up in then-rural Maryland and later found her way to Central Appalachia, where she works as a writer and biologist. Her avocations include walking, birding, haphazard gardening, creative writing, political activism, volunteerism, spiritual exploration, natural history, local history, captivating novels, music, animals (both wild and tame), and every second spent with family and friends. She is especially grateful to have realized her long-held dream of a home in the mountains.