About the Author

Susan Meissner is a USA Today bestselling author with more than half a million books in print in 15 languages and a writing workshop leader with a background in community journalism. Her novels include The Last Year of the War (a LibraryReads top pick for March 2019), As Bright As Heaven, and Secrets of a Charmed Life, a Goodreads Best Historical Fiction finalist for 2015. She is also RITA finalist and Christy Award winner. When she's not working on a novel, she volunteers for Words Alive, a San Diego non-profit dedicated to helping at-risk youth foster a love for reading and writing.

The Amish Groom

April 1, 2014

The Amish Blacksmith

August 1, 2014

The Amish Clockmaker

February 1, 2015

Only the Beautiful

April 18, 2023

When We Had Wings

October 18, 2022

The Nature of Fragile Things

February 2, 2021

The Last Year of the War

April 7, 2020

The Last Year of the War

March 19, 2019

As Bright as Heaven

January 22, 2019

As Bright as Heaven

February 6, 2018

A Bridge Across the Ocean

March 14, 2017

Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

January 5, 2016

The Amish Clockmaker

February 1, 2015

A Fall of Marigolds

February 8, 2014

The Shape Of Mercy

September 16, 2008