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Lea Wait was an American author of historical novels and mysteries, many set in Maine. She has written historical and contemporary books for children aged 7 and up, two books of nonfiction, and the Shadows Antique Print Mystery series and Mainely Needlepoint series for adults.

Lea Wait
Lea Wait, Maine author
Born	(1946-05-26) May 26, 1946 (age 76) Boston, Massachusetts United States
Occupation	Novelist, antique print dealer
Genre	Children's fiction, Mystery fiction,

Biography

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she grew up in a family where books were an important part of life. Her family summered in Maine.[1] She did her undergraduate work at Chatham College - now Chatham University - in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and her graduate work at New York University, completing all requirements for a doctorate except for the dissertation,[2] a 'DWD', and joining AT&T as a manager. Her grandmother was an antiques dealer, and in 1976 she started an antique print business and decided she should become a writer. She also, as a single parent, adopted four “older” girls born in Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, and India.[1]

In 1998, she left corporate life and moved to live in Edgecomb, Maine. She wrote and spoke about writing full-time. She married artist Bob Thomas in October 2003. Lea Wait passed away in August 2019.

Publications

Antique Print Mysteries

Featuring Maggie Summer, antique dealer and community college professor.

• Shadows at the Fair, 2003, nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel.[3]
• Shadows on the Coast of Maine, 2003, a Mystery Guild Editor's Selection.
• Shadows on the Ivy, 2004.
• Shadows at the Spring Show, 2005.
• Shadows of a Down East Summer, 2011
• Shadows on a Cape Cod Wedding, 2013
• Shadows on a Maine Christmas, 2014
• Shadows on a Morning in Maine, 2016

Mainely Needlepoint Mysteries

• Twisted Treads, 2015
• Threads of Evidence, 2015
• Thread and Gone, 2016
• Dangling by a Thread, 2016
• Tightening the Threads, 2017
• Thread the Halls, 2017
• Thread Herrings, 2018
• Thread on Arrival, 2019
• Thread and Buried, 2019

Children's Books

• Stopping to Home, 2001, named a Notable Book for Children in 2001 by Smithsonian magazine.
• Seaward Born, 2003.
• Wintering Well, 2004, named one of "The Best Children's Books of 2004" by The Children's Book Committee at the Bank Street College of Education.[4]
• Finest Kind, 2006.
• Uncertain Glory, 2014
• Pizza to Die For, 2017

Non-fiction

• The Only Writing Series You'll Ever Need: Writing Children's Books with Lesley Bolton, 2007
• Living and Writing on the Coast of Maine, 2015

References

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