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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If You Tell the Truth

Stumbled across this Mark Twain quote as I’m going through revisions to a new novel I hope to get to my editor tomorrow: “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
Now if only I were writing nonfiction! Instead I’m trying to remember all the many things I changed between this draft and the last one, and flow them through consistently.
Which leaves me thinking what a weird life I lead, that I spend my days trying to make stories that aren’t true seem like they are. – Meg

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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