Relax on an Island!

Welcome to the site of

Author Ray McAllister

Thank you for visiting. Ray McAllister is the author of three award-winning books on the North Carolina coast: Topsail Island: Mayberry by the Sea, Wrightsville Beach: The Luminous Island, and most recently, Hatteras Island: Keeper of the Outer Banks.

We also have a variety of coastal gifts and mementos, including note cardes, welcome signs and oval stickers, plus a Topsail Island vacation rental home.

Please come back often to view updated appearances and announcements.

PRAISE FOR

HATTERAS ISLAND: Keeper of the Outer Banks

“Easygoing essays on a number of enthralling topics”
–WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS

“[A] colorful, detailed, fluently written and thoroughly enjoyable portrait of Hatteras Island. … As I read his book, I had to resist the urge to get in the car and drive until I came once again under the compass of that tall striped lighthouse and commune with the ghosts of those old time keepers.” –PHILIP GERARD, author of Hatteras Light and Cape Fear Rising

“Pirates, hurricanes, endless summers, shipwrecks, U-boats, and the restless eternal sea. They’re all here in this elegant meditation on Hatteras Island, its history, and its people. In the hands of a master storyteller, the allure of the Outer Banks comes palpably to life.” –NELSON D. LANKFORD, author of Cry Havoc! The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861

Ray McAllister Books, P.O. Box 72672, Richmond, VA 23235