Anne Wingate

Anne Wingate, born in 1943, is a mystery, fantasy, and romance writer currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah. She owns two publishing houses (including one with her husband), and publishes works under her own name as well as the pseudonyms Lee Martin and Martha G. Webb

Anne Wingate
Wingate at CONduit 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
BornMartha Anne Guice
1943
Savannah, Georgia, USA
Pen nameLee Martin
Martha G. Webb
Occupation
  • Writer
  • Crime scene investigator (ret.)
NationalityAmerican
Genremystery, fantasy, romance, mainstream
Website
wingate-firms.com

Biography

Wingate was born in 1943 as Martha Anne Guice in Savannah, Georgia,[1][2] She grew up as a member of the Disciples of Christ Church, and is an adult convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[3][4][5] Prior to becoming a writer, she worked as a crime scene investigator.[6][7]

In January 2006, Wingate was brought into the media spotlight because her adopted daughter, Alicia Wingate, was killed along with her boyfriend in a police shootout in Kansas. Her daughter was being sought in connection with the murder of man in Utah. Wingate stated that—on the basis of published information about the crime—she is certain that Alicia would have been quickly exonerated if the case had made it to court.[6][7]

Career

Most of her mysteries are set somewhere within Texas.[3] Her LDS beliefs sometime shows in her works.[3][4][5] Wingate is partner with her husband, Thomas Russell Wingate, in Wingate & Wingate, Writers. She also owns Live Oak House, an e-publishing company. Through Live Oak House, she has published other writers, her own fantasies and romances, and works by some of her children. She and her husband are part-time Project Coordinators of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the not-for-profit corporation that receives and processes donations to Project Gutenberg.[8]

In addition to works published under her own name, Wingate writes under the pseudonyms Lee Martin and Martha G. Webb.[1][9][10]

Bibliography

Novels
  • Darling Corey's Dead (as Martha G. Webb, 1984), Walker & Company, ISBN 0-8027-5582-8
  • A White Male Running (as Martha G. Webb, 1985), Walker & Company, ISBN 0-8027-5611-5
  • Even Cops' Daughters (as Martha G. Webb, 1986), Walker & Company, ISBN 0-8027-5637-9

Deb Ralston Mystery series

Follows an LDS detective in Fort Worth, Texas.

  • Too Sane a Murder (as Lee Martin, 1984), St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-80901-8
  • A Conspiracy of Strangers (as Lee Martin, 1986), St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-16433-5
  • Murder at the Blue Owl (as Lee Martin, 1988), St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-01795-2
  • Hal's Own Murder Case (as Lee Martin, 1988), St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-02925-X
  • Death Warmed Over (as Lee Martin, 1988), St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-02221-2
  • Deficit Ending (as Lee Martin, 1990), St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-03813-5
  • The Mensa Murders (as Lee Martin, 1991), St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-05126-3
  • Hacker (as Lee Martin, 1992), St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-06990-1
  • Inherited Murder (as Lee Martin, 1994), St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-11415-X
  • The Day That Dusty Died (as Lee Martin, 1994), St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-09779-4
  • Bird in a Cage (as Lee Martin, 1995), St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-13028-7
  • Genealogy of Murder (as Lee Martin, 1996), St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-13975-6
  • The Thursday Club (as Lee Martin, 1997), St. Martin's Press, ISBN 1-57008-315-0

Mark Shigata Mystery series

Set in Bayport, Texas.

  • Death by Deception (1988), Walker & Company, ISBN 0-8027-5714-6
  • The Eye of Anna (1989), Walker & Company, ISBN 0-8027-5749-9
  • The Buzzards Must Also Be Fed (1991), Walker & Company, ISBN 0-8027-5773-1
  • Exception to Murder (1992), Walker & Company, ISBN 0-8027-3203-8
  • Yakuza, Go Home! (1993), Walker & Company, ISBN 0-8027-3226-7

Short fiction
  • "'The Twelve Dancing Princesses' Revisited" in Once Upon a Crime (1998), Berkley Books, ISBN 0-425-17128-0
  • "Evelyn Lying There" in Women of Mystery II (1994), Berkley Books, ISBN 0-425-15054-2

Non-fiction
  • Scene of the Crime: A Writer's Guide to Crime-Scene Investigations (1992), Writer's Digest Books, ISBN 0-89879-518-4
  • Amateur Detectives: A Writer's Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases (1996), Writer's Digest Books, ISBN 0-89879-725-X

Sources:[1][9][10][11]

References
  1. "Anne Wingate". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  2. "Compressed Bio". Wingate & Wingate, Writers. Archived from the original on July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  3. Doherty, Jim (2002-09-04). "RARA-AVIS: Anne Wingate". Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  4. Helge S Moulding. "Author Anne Wingate". Helge's Notebook. Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  5. "Mormon Mysteries: Mainstream Mystery Novels Featuring Latter-day Saints (Mormons)". Archived from the original on 27 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  6. Yi, Sandra (2006-01-26). "Family of Utah Woman Killed in Shootout Speaks". KSL. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  7. Ben Winslow and Pat Reavy (2006-01-27). "Double tragedy: 2 Utah families mourn". Deseret Morning News. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  8. "Project Gutenberg". Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  9. "Lee Martin". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  10. "Author Information: Anne Wingate". Internet Book List. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  11. Steve Davis and Dr. Rollo K. Newsom. "Scene of the Crime: An Annotated Bibliography". Texas State University–San Marcos. Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
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