Mariia Manko

Mariia Manko asked Lisa Wingate:

Lisa, when did you realize yourself as a writer? After writing first book, publishing , success or …? You know this feeling inside «I am truly a writer»

Lisa Wingate I credit my first grade teacher for this when she said, "YOU are a wonderful writer." Zing! My concept of myself changed instantly. I wrote book after book through my childhood and teens, then took it on seriously as an adult with young children. It was a day for celebrating when I signed with an agent, and I knew I had arrived when "Tending Roses" was sold to Penguin Putnam. Thirty books later, "Before We Were Yours" hit all the lists and stayed there for ages. What more could a writer ask for? My dream was fulfilled.

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"Before We Were Yours" was SO captivating, I looked forward to the next possible evening's reading!! I read more slowly as a seasoned adult, savoring every detail, but there was one character whose outcome escaped me: the one closeted? I'm not one to read books that leave me wishing I'd never known. Your capture of this story was so redemptive and I'm recommending it! Sea Glass Sisters--also Wonderful!!! Devoted.

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Was the US Marshal's character in The Book of Lost Friends based on Bass Reeves?

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