Image: Wikimedia Commons

Lea Wait

American writer

PersonDied aged 73humanQ6508245

Born: May 26, 1946
Died: August 9, 2019
Birthplace: Boston
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: writer
, children's writer
, novelist
Education: Chatham University

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Lea Wait was an American author of historical novels and mysteries, many set in Maine. She mainly wrote historical and contemporary books for children aged 7 and up. She also created the Shadows Antique Print Mystery series and Mainely Needlepoint series for adults.

Overview

All data

23 statements · 17% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Sex or gender: female
Given name: Lea
Family name: Wait

On other databases

11 identifiers linking Lea Wait across the web's reference databases

Data quality

statements

17%

externally sourced

Source last edited June 21, 2026. AIDb refreshes this page daily.

Suggest a fact or correction

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q6508245

API docs, limits & keys

Cite this page

AIDb. (2026). Lea Wait (Q6508245). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/lea-wait-Q6508245