Lisa Wingate

Lisa Wingate (born 1965 in Germany) is an American writer.

Lisa Wingate
Wingate at the 2018 National Book Festival
Born	1965 (age 58–59)[citation needed] Germany[citation needed]
Occupation	Writer
Website
lisawingate.com

Biography

When she was younger, Lisa was inspired by a teacher who said she could expect to be a writer someday. Lisa lives and writes in Texas. Before We Were Yours remained on the New York Times bestseller list for fifty-four weeks and has sold over two million copies.^[1] Wingate has penned over thirty novels.

The Tennessee Children's Home Society's scandal which involved the kidnapping of children and their illegal adoptions is the subject of her 2017 novel, Before We Were Yours.^[2] In October 2019, Wingate and Judy Christie released the book Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society.^[3] It is a nonfiction companion to Wingate's novel.^[3]

Awards

• Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize.^[4]
• Oklahoma Book Award.
• RT Booklovers Reviewer's Choice Award.
• 2017 Goodreads Choice Award winner for historical fiction for Before We Were Yours.^[5]
• Before and After was a finalist for the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Non-Fiction History and Biography.

Works

Novels

• Tending Roses books
  • Tending Roses^[6] (2001)
  • Good Hope Road^[7] (2003)
  • The Language of Sycamores^[8] (2005)
  • Drenched in Light^[9] (2006)
  • A Thousand Voices^[10] (2007)
• Texas Hill Country books
  • Texas Cooking^[11] (2003)
  • Lone Star Café^[12] (2004)
  • Over the Moon at the Big Lizard Diner^[13] (2005)
• Blue Sky Hill books
  • A Month of Summer^[14] (2008)
  • The Summer Kitchen^[15] (2009)
  • Beyond Summer^[16] (2010)
  • Dandelion Summer^[17] (2011)
• Daily, Texas books
  • Talk of the Town^[18] (2008)
  • Word Gets Around^[19] (2009)
  • Never Say Never^[20] (2010)
• Moses Lake books
  • Larkspur Cove^[21] (2010)
  • Blue Moon Bay^[22] (2012)
  • Firefly Island^[23] (2013)
  • Wildwood Creek^[24] (2014)
• Carolina Chronicles
  • The Sea Glass Sisters^[25] (2013)
  • The Prayer Box^[26] (2013)
  • The Tidewater Sisters^[27] (2014)
  • The Story Keeper^[28] (2014)
  • The Sandcastle Sister^[29] (2015)
  • The Sea Keeper's Daughters^[30] (2015)
  • Sisters (2016)
• Outer Banks short stories/novellas
  • A Sandy's Seashell Shop Christmas (2014)
• Standalone novels
  • Before We Were Yours^[31] (2017)^[32][33]
  • The Book of Lost Friends^[34] (2020)^[35]
  • Shelterwood (2024)

Non-fiction

• Before and After,^[36] with Judy Christie (2019)

References

1. Bornais, Marie-France. "Le scandale des foyers d'adoption américains". Le Journal de Québec.
2. Poppy, Nick (June 17, 2017). "This woman stole children from the poor to give to the rich". New York Post. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
3. Ross, Michelle (October 15, 2019). "Before and After: The Incredible RealLife Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society". Booklist. 116 (4). American Library Association. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
4. "Lisa Wingate: 2018 National Book Festival". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
5. writer, Robin Farrell Edmunds Contributing. "Novel inspired by true story of children stolen in mid-1900s". The Mercury.
6. "Tending Roses".
7. "Good Hope Road".
8. "The Language of Sycamores".
9. "Drenched In Light".
10. "A Thousand Voices".
11. "Texas Cooking".
12. "Lone Star Cafe".
13. "Over the Moon at the Big Lizard Diner".
14. "A Month of Summer".
15. "The Summer Kitchen".
16. "Beyond Summer".
17. "Dandelion Summer".
18. "Talk of the Town".
19. "Word Gets Around".
20. "Never Say Never".
21. "Larkspur Cove".
22. "Blue Moon Bay".
23. "Firefly Island".
24. "Wildwood Creek".
25. "The Sea Glass Sisters".
26. "The Prayer Box".
27. "The Tidewater Sisters".
28. "The Story Keeper".
29. "The Sandcastle Sister".
30. "The Sea Keeper's Daughters".
31. "Before We Were Yours".
32. "Micro review: 'Before We Were Yours' by Lisa Wingate - Times of India". The Times of India.
33. "The woman who stole and sold 5000 babies". NZ Herald.
34. "The Book of Lost Friends".
35. Romero, Alba (June 1, 2021). "'El libro de los amigos perdidos' de Lisa Wingate llega con Umbriel".
36. "Before and After".