Order of Lea Wait Books
Lea Wait (1946-2019) was an American author of historical fiction and mystery novels for adults and children. She wrote the Antique Print Mysteries and the Mainely Needlepoint Mysteries series. Lea grew up reading historical fiction, as well as attending antique auctions with her grandmother, so she’s always lived in the past in one way or another. While on the Maine coast, she dreamt of becoming a marine biologist, until she got interested in politics and wanted to become a politician. Regardless of whatever else she did, Lea always wanted to be a writer. She majored in drama and English at Chatham College in Pittsburgh and did her graduate work in American Civilization at New York University. In 1998, Lea decided to leave the corporate world behind in order to run an antique print business and write on a full-time basis, while living in Maine.
Lea Wait made her debut as a published author in 2001 with the children’s historical novel Stopping to Home. Below is a list of Lea Wait’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Antique Print Mysteries Books
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Shadows at the Fair |
(2002) |
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Shadows on the Coast of Maine |
(2003) |
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Shadows on the Ivy |
(2004) |
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Shadows at the Spring Show |
(2006) |
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Shadows of a Down East Summer |
(2011) |
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Shadows on a Cape Cod Wedding |
(2013) |
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Shadows on a Maine Christmas |
(2014) |
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Shadows on a Morning in Maine |
(2016) |
Publication Order of Seaward Born Books
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Seaward Born |
(2003) |
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The Charleston Hurricane of 1804 |
(2015) |
Chronological Order of Seaward Born Books
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The Charleston Hurricane of 1804 |
(2015) |
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Seaward Born |
(2003) |
Publication Order of Mainely Needlepoint Mysteries Books
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Twisted Threads |
(2015) |
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Threads of Evidence |
(2015) |
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Thread and Gone |
(2015) |
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Dangling by a Thread |
(2016) |
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Tightening the Threads |
(2017) |
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Thread the Halls |
(2017) |
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Thread Herrings |
(2018) |
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Thread on Arrival |
(2019) |
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Thread and Buried |
(2019) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Stopping to Home |
(2003) |
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Wintering Well |
(2006) |
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Finest Kind |
(2006) |
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Uncertain Glory |
(2014) |
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Pizza To Die For |
(2017) |
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Contrary Winds |
(2018) |
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Justice & Mercy |
(2019) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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For Freedom Alone |
(2018) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Writing Children’s Books |
(2006) |
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Living and Writing on the Coast of Maine |
(2015) |
Publication Order of Maine Murder Mysteries Books
(as Cornelia Kidd)
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Death and a Pot of Chowder |
(2018) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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We’d Rather Be Writing |
(2015) |
Note: The non-fiction book Writing Children’s Books was written with Lesley Bolton.