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

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December 21, 2010 By Meg Waite Clayton

Literary Santa and One Lucky Chimney

I’ve spent most of my holiday shopping hours this year (as always) in bookstores. My giving bag includes old favorites (Andre Kertesz On Reading – with lovely photos of folks reading in the most unlikely places), and new (Brenda Rickman Vantrease’s The Heretics Wife; Tatjana Soli’s The Lotus Eaters).  And I’ve just gotten the nicest book gift of sorts myself, forwarded to me from a Wednesday Sisters reader: my little novel is on Bookmovement’s list of the top 20 book club bestsellers for 2010 based on readers’ choices! The full list:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Next Thing on My List by Jill Smolinski
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton (Hey! That’s me!!!)
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
A special holiday thank you to all the readers out there who have helped spread the Wednesday Sisters word. I’ve got my fingers crossed that, with your help, the new year will bring as happy a birth for The Four Ms. Bradwells, too. I hope to have a revamped website up early in January, and I’ll be offering an advanced reader giveaway to celebrate. I’m also cooking up a Twitter WriteChat with publishing industry folks. And I have some terrific guest authors and poets lined up for 2011 here on 1st Books. I hope you’ll continue to stop by, and that the new year will bring amazing things for your own writing lives.
Merry Christmas!
Meg

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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

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