Lisa Wingate (born 1965 in Germany) is an American writer.

When she was younger, Lisa was inspired by a teacher who said she could expect to be a writer someday.

Before We Were Yours remained on the New York Times bestseller list for fifty-four weeks and has sold over two million copies.

The Tennessee Children's Home Society's scandal which involved the kidnapping of children and their illegal adoptions is the subject of her 2017 novel, Before We Were Yours.

[2] In October 2019, Wingate and Judy Christie released the book Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society.