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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365 Great Quotes from Women


We have a tradition at our house of spending a few minutes every Martin Luther King Day listening to his “I have a dream” speech. It’s an amazing bit of writing, and I’m sharing it today along with a quote inspired by it, the third in my little Maya Angelou tribute this weekend:

Lift up your eyes upon
The day breaking for you.
Give birth again
To the dream.
– Maya Angelou, from “On the Pulse of Morning”

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Meg Waite Clayton


Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of nine novels, including the forthcoming TYPEWRITER BEACH (Harper, July 1, 2025), 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