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Lea Wait

(1946 - 2019)

aka Cornelia Kidd

Maine author Lea Wait wrote acclaimed historical novels for ages 7 and up, set on the coast of Maine. She did her undergraduate work at Chatham College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and her graduate work at New York University. While she was raising the four Asian daughters she adopted as a single parent, she worked as a manager for AT&T. She divided her time between her writing and her antique print business. Lea Wait was also the author of Scribner's Shadows Antique Print Mystery series, traditional mysteries for adults.

Genres: Cozy Mystery

Series

Antique Print Mysteries
   1. Shadows At the Fair (2002)
   2. Shadows On the Coast of Maine (2003)
   3. Shadows On the Ivy (2004)
   4. Shadows At the Spring Show (2005)
   5. Shadows of a Down East Summer (2011)
   6. Shadows on a Cape Cod Wedding (2013)
   7. Shadows on a Maine Christmas (2014)
   8. Shadows on a Morning in Maine (2016)

Seaward Born
0.5. The Charleston Hurricane of 1804 (2015)
Seaward Born (2003)

Mainely Needlepoint Mystery
   1. Twisted Threads (2015)
   2. Threads of Evidence (2015)
   3. Thread and Gone (2015)
   4. Dangling by a Thread (2016)
   5. Tightening the Threads (2017)
   6. Thread the Halls (2017)
   7. Thread Herrings (2018)
   8. Thread on Arrival (2019)
   9. Thread and Buried (2019)

Novels

   Stopping to Home (2001)
   Wintering Well (2004)
   Finest Kind (2006)
   Uncertain Glory (2014)
   Pizza To Die For (2017)
   Contrary Winds (2018)
   Justice & Mercy (2019)

Novellas

For Freedom Alone (2018)

Non fiction

Writing Children's Books (2006) (with Lesley Bolton)

Awards

Agatha Award Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2014) : Uncertain Glory

Lea Wait recommends

A Crafter Knits a Clue (2018)
(Handcrafted Mystery, book 1)
Holly Quinn
"Quirky characters, crafts, a small town full of secrets ... the perfect cozy! I couldn’t put it down!"

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