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Lea Wait


Born
in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States
May 26, 1946

Died
August 09, 2019

Website

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Children's Books, Memoir

Influences
Sharon McCrumb
Kate Flora
Katherine Patterson
Patricia McLaughlin
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Maine author Lea Wait writes the NYT-praised 8-book Shadows Antique Print Mystery series, the latest of which is SHADWS ON A MORNING IN MAINE, and the USA Today best-selling Mainely Needlepoint series which debuted with TWISTED THREADS in January, 2015, and was followed by THREADS OF EVIDENCE in August, 2015, THREAD AND GONE, in January, 2016, DANGLING BY A THREAD in late October, 2016, and TIGHTENING THE THREADS in March, 2017. Wait also writes acclaimed historical novels for ages 8 and up set in 19th century Maine, the latest of which, UNCERTAIN GLORY, takes place in a small northern town during the first two weeks of the Civil War. Lea's LIVING AND WRITING ON THE COAST OF MAINE, about being an author and living year 'round in Maine with ...more

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Melding the Real Now and Fiction by Matt Cost

Writing is often a chance to escape. But, if writing contemporary mysteries and thrillers, wouldn’t it be a crime to erase the world in which the characters are interacting?

I do not get up on a soapbox and preach politics, religion, or social issues. But they do exist. If my goal is to bring the people of the pages to life, well then, these people must have beliefs and opinions. They do not live i

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Average rating: 3.92 · 15,193 ratings · 2,112 reviews · 40 distinct works • Similar authors
Twisted Threads (Mainely Ne...
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Series by Lea Wait

Twisted Threads Threads of Evidence Thread and Gone Dangling by a Thread Tightening the Threads Thread the Halls Thread Herrings
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Shadows At The Fair Shadows on the Coast of Maine Shadows on the Ivy Shadows at the Spring Show Shadows of a Down East Summer Shadows on a Cape Cod Wedding Shadows on a Maine Christmas
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“as they are never more at home with their own hearts while so occupied.   —Nathaniel”
― Lea Wait, Twisted Threads
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“August 1793 was during the Reign of Terror—when so many aristocrats and wealthy people were seized and guillotined without trials. Marie Antoinette was in the Bastille then. She was executed”
― Lea Wait, Thread and Gone
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“his species could end, a victim of people who valued themselves above other creatures of nature. We”
― Lea Wait, Dangling by a Thread
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