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Lisa Wingate
American writer (born 1965) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lisa Wingate (born 1965 in Germany) is an American writer.
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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]
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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
- Texas Hill Country books
- Blue Sky Hill books
- Daily, Texas books
- Moses Lake books
- Carolina Chronicles
- Outer Banks short stories/novellas
- A Sandy's Seashell Shop Christmas (2014)
- Standalone novels
Non-fiction
- Before and After,[36] with Judy Christie (2019)
References
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