Rebecca Wells

Rebecca Wells

Rebecca Wells (born 1952) is an American playwright and author. She is best known for her Ya-Ya series of novels.

Wells was born in Central Louisiana and grew up on a working plantation where her family has lived since 1795. In 1982, she went to Seattle, Washington to work with a performing arts group. She loved it there so much that she decided to stay. She currently lives on an island near Seattle.

Since the late 1990s, Wells has suffered from severe neurological Lyme disease, an experience chronicled on her website [ [http://www.ya-ya.com/lyme Lyme Disease] Ya-Ya.com (Rebecca Wells website)] and in an interview with CTV about the writing of her novel "Ya-Yas in Bloom" (2005) [ [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20050331/rebecca_wells_sequel_050331/20050331/?hub=Entertainment&subhub=PrintStory "Ya-Ya Sisterhood author Wells writes sequel"] "CTV.ca", March 31, 2005 retrieved March 16, 2006]

Novels

* Little Altars Everywhere (1992)
* Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (1996)
* Ya-Yas in Bloom (2005)

References

External links

* [http://ya-ya.com/ Ya-Ya.com] Official Rebecca Wells Web site
* [http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=10439&isbn13=9780060195342&displayType=bookinterview&WT.mc_id=WIKI_INTE_WELLS_041207 Interview and audio clip] Official publisher web page
* [http://ya-ya.com/about/index/rebecca-wells.jpgPicture of Rebecca Wells] Official Rebecca Wells Web site


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