Lisa Wingate is an American author known for emotionally layered contemporary and historical fiction about family, identity, memory, and hidden histories. Her early work, including Tending Roses, established her gift for warm, character-driven stories about ordinary lives, generational ties,... and personal renewal. She reached a much wider readership with Before We Were Yours, a bestselling novel inspired by the real Tennessee Children’s Home Society scandal, where stolen children and separated families become the center of a powerful story about loss, resilience, and truth. Wingate later continued her historically rooted approach with books such as The Book of Lost Friends, blending research with intimate human drama. Readers return to her for heartfelt storytelling, strong emotional stakes, and fiction that turns forgotten history into deeply personal journeys.
