Lisa Wingate Explained

Lisa Wingate
Birth Place:	Germany
Occupation:	Writer

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

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.

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)

Notes and References

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