New York Times bestseller and book club favorite Meg Waite Clayton is the author of nine novels, most recently Typewriter Beach (Harper July 2025). Set in Carmel-by-the-Sea and in 1950s Hollywood—in the days of the studio system and McCarthy-era scaremongering about an America “riddled with communists and homosexuals”—Typewriter Beach is the unforgettable story of an unlikely friendship between an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a young actress hoping to be Alfred Hitchcock’s new star.
Meg’s prior novels, many of which are inspired by true stories, have been published in 24 languages and been bestsellers in the US, Canada, and Europe.
Her international bestseller The Postmistress of Paris was a Good Morning America Buzz Book, New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, Costco Book Club book, and a Publishers Weekly notable book picked by People Magazine, Indie Next booksellers, LoanStars librarians, Book of the Month, USA Today, and Amazon Editors. Set in the early days of the German occupation, it’s a love story and a tale of high-stakes danger and incomparable courage about a young American heiress who helps artists hunted by the Nazis escape from war-torn Europe.
Meg’s books have been #1 Amazon fiction bestsellers and have been finalists for the Langum Prize, Barbara Kingsolver’s Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, and the National Jewish Book Award. Her novel The Wednesday Sisters is one of Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Essential Best Friend Novels of all time. Her short work appears in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Runner’s World, and public radio, often on the particular challenges women face.
“Meg is an engaging and captivating speaker, who delighted the crowd at an authors@google event. She shares insight into her research and writing process that adds to her already great books.” — Alan Moss, V.P., Global Sales and Operations, Google