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Meg Waite Clayton

Author of the international bestsellers The Postmistress of Paris, The Last Train to London, and 6 other novels

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Meg Waite Clayton

Meg Waite Clayton


Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of eight novels, including the Good Morning America Buzz pick and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS, the National Jewish Book Award finalist THE LAST TRAIN TO LONDON, the Langum-Prize honored THE RACE FOR PARIS, and THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS, one of Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Essential Best Friend Novels of all time. Her novels have been published in 23 languages. She has also written more than 100 pieces for major newspapers, magazines, and public radio, mentors in the OpEd Project, and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and the California bar. megwaiteclayton.com

September 25, 2021 By Meg Waite Clayton

Writing and Placing Opinion Pieces

Ten years ago today, on the 40th anniversary of Sandra Day O'Connor taking her seat as the 1st female Justice of the Supreme Court, I published my first opinion …

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May 10, 2021 By Meg Waite Clayton

On Agent Queries

Finding a good literary agent - which is generally the first step to getting published with a traditional publisher - can be like finding any good relationship: …

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May 10, 2021 By Meg Waite Clayton

Tips for Writers

Writers Links The Single Best Piece of Advice I've Gotten as a Writer Great Sources for Writers: Poets & Writers Magazine The Nebraska Center for …

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May 1, 2020 By Meg Waite Clayton

Paddling your Bathtub into London: How Great Stories End

I am working through plotting issues myself and returned to these notes from a master class I taught on narrative endings a couple years ago. They are just my …

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Handwritten draft of A Scandal in Bohemia by Sherlock Holmes

March 21, 2020 By Meg Waite Clayton

No Social Distancing Required for Fictional Friends

No Social Distancing Required for Fictional Friends Like many now, I'm social distancing. The good news for me is that a writer in these circumstances can …

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June 16, 2019 By Meg Waite Clayton

A new book by Madeleine l’Engle: Stories found in her “Tower”

The two books that made me dream of becoming a writer were Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. So the news I read this …

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June 8, 2019 By Meg Waite Clayton

Writing in Paris!

I'm in Paris, working on a new novel, and just for fun I thought I'd share what writing in Paris looks like. So enter my apartment here, and stay for the view …

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June 5, 2019 By Meg Waite Clayton

On the 75th Anniversary of D-Day

It’s a rainy evening in Paris, just minutes before the hour, 75 years ago, that D-Day began. At midnight, RAF aircraft dropped hundreds of dummy paratroopers …

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November 25, 2018 By Meg Waite Clayton

Karen Joy Fowler: First Words

In celebration of Nanowrimo, I'm rerunning some of my favorite guest author posts (and trying to tidy them in the process). This one was written by Booker …

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November 5, 2018 By Meg Waite Clayton

Julia Glass: The Not Quite Yes

For NanoWriMo month, I'm going to repost some of my favorite guest author posts, which I'm rereading to inspire myself! This one -- by one of my fave authors, …

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