Anne Wingate

Anne Wingate
Wingate at CONduit 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Wingate at CONduit 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
BornMartha Anne Guice
(1943-09-04)September 4, 1943
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
DiedSeptember 2, 2021(2021-09-02) (aged 77)
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Pen nameLee Martin
Martha G. Webb
Occupation
  • Writer
  • Crime scene investigator (ret.)
Genremystery, fantasy, romance, mainstream
Website
wingate-firms.com

Anne Wingate (September 4, 1943 – September 2, 2021) was a mystery, fantasy, and romance writer who lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. She owned two publishing houses (including one with her husband), and published works under her own name as well as the pseudonyms Lee Martin and Martha G. Webb. She died on September 2, 2021, in Salt Lake City.

Biography

Wingate was born on September 4, 1943, as Martha Anne Guice in Savannah, Georgia,[1][2][3] 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.[4][5][6] Prior to becoming a writer, she worked as a crime scene investigator.[7][8]

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 at the time—she is certain that Alicia would have been quickly exonerated if the case had made it to court.[7][8]

She died on September 2, 2021, in Salt Lake City.[3][9]

Career

Most of her mysteries are set somewhere within Texas.[4] Her LDS beliefs sometime show in her works.[4][5][6] Wingate was partner with her husband, Thomas Russell Wingate, in Wingate & Wingate, Writers. She also owned Live Oak House, an e-publishing company. Through Live Oak House, she published other writers, her own fantasies and romances, and works by some of her children. She and her husband were part-time Project Coordinators of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the not-for-profit corporation that receives and processes donations to Project Gutenberg.[10]

In addition to works published under her own name, Wingate wrote under the pseudonyms Lee Martin and Martha G. Webb.[1][11][12]

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.

Mark Shigata Mystery series

Set in Bayport, Texas.

Short fiction

Non-fiction

Sources:[1][11][12][13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "Summary Bibliography: Anne Wingate". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Doherty, Jim (2002-09-04). "RARA-AVIS: Anne Wingate". Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  5. ^ a b Helge S Moulding. "Author Anne Wingate". Helge's Notebook. Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  6. ^ a b "Mormon Mysteries: Mainstream Mystery Novels Featuring Latter-day Saints (Mormons)". Archived from the original on 27 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  7. ^ a b Yi, Sandra (2006-01-26). "Family of Utah Woman Killed in Shootout Speaks". KSL. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  8. ^ a b Ben Winslow and Pat Reavy (2006-01-27). "Double tragedy: 2 Utah families mourn". Deseret Morning News. Archived from the original on May 24, 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  9. ^ "Martha Wingate Obituary". Neptune Society. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  10. ^ "Project Gutenberg". Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  11. ^ a b "Lee Martin". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  12. ^ a b "Author Information: Anne Wingate". Internet Book List. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  13. ^ 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.