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Wait, Lea (1946 - 2019)
Genre: Children's Literature, Mystery, Young Adult
Lea Wait, who lived in Edgecomb, was the author of children's historical novels (for kids ages 8-12), and a mystery series for adults starring antique print dealer Maggie Summer. She is also an antique prints dealer herself.
Wait grew up in suburban New Jersey (summering in Maine), was a drama and English major at Chatham College in Pittsburgh, PA, attended grad school at New York University, studying American civilization, and worked in corporate public relations.
In her 20s and single, she adopted four girls from Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong and India (all now grown), and she founded a support group for single adoptive parents; she is still on the board of the National Council for Single Adoptive Parents.
Selected Bibliography
Children and Young Adults
- Stopping to Home (2001)
- Seaward Born (2003)
- Wintering Well (2004)
- Finest Kind (2005)
- Uncertain Glory (2014)
- Pizza to Die For (2017)
- For Freedom Alone (2018)
- Contrary Winds: A Story of the American Revolution (2018)
Adult Mystery Series books
Antique Print Mystery series
- Shadows at the Fair: An Antique Print Mystery (June 2002)
- Shadows on the Coast of Maine: An Antique Print Mystery (2003)
- Shadows on the Ivy (2004)
- Shadows at the Spring Show: An Antique Print Mystery (2005)
- Shadows of a Down East Summer: An Antique Print Mystery (2011)
- Shadows on a Cape Cod Wedding: An Antique Print Mystery (2013)
- Shadows on a Maine Christmas: An Antique Print Mystery (2014)
- Shadows on a Morning in Maine: An Antique Print Mystery (2016)
Non-Fiction
- The Only Writing Series You'll Ever Need: Writing Children's Books (2007)
Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series
- Twisted Threads (2014)
- Threads of Evidence (2015)
- Dangling by a Thread (2016)
- Thread and Gone (2016)
- Tightening the Threads (2017)
- Thread the Halls (2017)
- Thread Herrings (2018)
- Thread on Arrival (2019)
- Thread and Buried (2019)
Post Civil War Mysteries
- Justice and Mercy (2017)
