Writing Samples
Read more about Carrie Rollwagen’s previous work by exploring the writing samples below. Or read an excerpt from her book, The Localist.
I interviewed author Patrick deWitt about his books The Sisters Brothers and Undermajordomo Minor.
Shop Small: A Year Spent Buying Locally is a personal essay I wrote for Birmingham Magazine
I put together profiles of the South’s Most Unique Indie Bookstores for Southern Living
I interviewed author Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project, for BookPage
I contributed an essay to The Future of Birmingham, a collection by various authors
I researched and wrote about the Best Places to Retire for Southern Living
I wrote a first-person piece about my Secret Travel Weapon for Shipt, a grocery-delivery app
I researched and wrote about the South’s Best College Towns for Southern Living
I reviewed the novel Loner by Teddy Wayne for BookPage
I reviewed the book The Boat Rocker by Ha Jin for BookPage
I compiled this list of the best Southern books of 2016 for Southern Living.