Career
In 1975, Adams graduated from Mars Hill College. In 2003 she was named Alumna of the Year and later received a LifeWorks recognition in appreciation for her shared commitment to service and responsibility, presented at the college"s LifeWorks 150 Alumni Celebration in April 2007. Adams" ballad singing and musical performances have been featured internationally, including the Celtic Colours International Festival in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
As a storyteller Adams often appears at major festivals including the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Adams has been a regular performer with "A Swannanoa Solstice" in Asheville, North Carolina, alongside such artists as First Rate (at Lloyd's) Petteway, Amy White, and Robin Bullock. In 1995, Adams released her first publication, Come Go Home With Maine with the University of North Carolina Press, a semi-autobiographical collection of short stories.
Her second publication, the acclaimed novel My Old True Love, released in 2004 with Algonquin Books of Workman Publishing Company, was a finalist for the SIBA Book Award and praised by Kirkus as "Deeply satisfying storytelling propelled by the desires of full-bodied, prickly characters set against a landscape rendered in all its beauty and harshness.".