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Susan Wiggs

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Born

in Olean, The United States

September 01

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Literature & Fiction, Romance

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Susan Wiggs's life is all about family, friends...and fiction. She lives at the water's edge on an island in Puget Sound, and she commutes to her writers' group in a 17-foot motorboat. She serves as author liaison for Field's End, a literary community on Bainbridge Island, Washington, bringing inspiration and instruction from the world's top authors to her seaside community. (See www.fieldsend.org) She's been featured in the national media, including NPR's "Talk of the Nation," and is a popular speaker locally and nationally.

According to Publishers Weekly, Wiggs writes with "refreshingly honest emotion," and the Salem Statesman Journal adds that she is "one of our best observers of stories of the heart [who] knows how to capture emotion on ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 365,827 ratings · 30,631 reviews · 169 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lost and Found Bookshop (Bella Vista Chronicles, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 42,820 ratings — published 2020 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oysterville Sewing Circle 3.96 avg rating — 22,001 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Apple Orchard (Bella Vista Chronicles, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 17,208 ratings — published 2012 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family Tree (Switchback, Vermont, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 15,833 ratings — published 2016 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer at Willow Lake (Lakeshore Chronicles, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 14,124 ratings — published 2006 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Breathe 3.95 avg rating — 13,830 ratings — published 2008 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beekeeper's Ball (Bella Vista Chronicles, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 12,540 ratings — published 2014 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Welcome to Beach Town 3.98 avg rating — 12,021 ratings — published 2021 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugar and Salt (Bella Vista Chronicles, #4) 4.04 avg rating — 11,372 ratings — published 2023 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Winter Lodge (Lakeshore Chronicles, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 10,037 ratings — published 2007 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Is That Thing Diesel?: One Man, One Bike and the First Lap Around Australia on Used Cooking Oil

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“You're never alone when you're reading a book.”
― Susan Wiggs

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“She knew with painful certainty that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference.”
― Susan Wiggs, Summer by the Sea

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“There is something about losing your mother that is permanent and inexpressable - a wound that will never quite heal.”
― Susan Wiggs, The Goodbye Quilt

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“The best way to keep from stumbling over the past was to move forward,”
― Susan Wiggs, Candlelight Christmas

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“That if you never get your hopes up,” she said, taking a sip of hot chocolate, “you’ll never be disappointed.” “Ouch,”
― Susan Wiggs, Candlelight Christmas

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“Kyle Bohner,”
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“For the survivors”
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message 16: by Jazz

13 sept. 2016 00:01

Thanks Susan for friending me :D
Love your stories!

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message 15: by Jan

30 mai 2012 16:35

Hi Susan,
Thanks for the friendship, and happy writing. Love your work!
Jan Moran

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message 14: by Carolyn

23 mar. 2012 01:04

Thank you for your friendship. Happy reading and writing.

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message 13: by Christine

14 mar. 2012 20:00

thanks for being my friend

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message 12: by Donnajo

22 fév. 2012 20:08

Thanks for the add Susan.

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message 11: by Penelope

07 fév. 2012 03:47

Thanks for the add!

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message 10: by Susan

11 août 2011 21:37

Just finished The Goodbye Quilt!! Loved it!! :)

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message 9: by Holly

02 mar. 2011 00:15

Hi, Susan!! Thanks for finding me here!

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message 8: by Pamela

31 déc. 2010 19:43

Hey Susan...Thanks for accepting my friend request.

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message 7: by Gigi

22 juil. 2010 13:53

Hi Susan!

Thanks for the friendship!

Gigi

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message 6: by NorthernLightsGirl

26 oct. 2009 20:32

Hi Susan,

Thanks for adding me to your friends list.

NorthernLightsGirl

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message 5: by Terry

01 juil. 2009 13:17

Thanks so much for adding this romantic suspense author (and HUGE Susan Wiggs fan) to your Goodreads friends list. (Somehow, I can't get used to using "friend" as a verb.)

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message 4: by Carri

27 oct. 2008 01:49