Acquainted With the Night Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Acquainted With the Night |
2011 |
Buy |
| Hunting Daylight |
2013 |
Buy |
Girls Raised in the South Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Crazy Ladies |
1990 |
Buy |
| Mad Girls in Love |
2005 |
Buy |
Michael Lee West Girls Raised in the South Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Crazy Ladies |
1990 |
Buy |
| Mad Girls in Love |
2005 |
Buy |
Michael Lee West Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Consuming Passions |
1999 |
Buy |
Michael Lee West Standalone Novels Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| She Flew the Coop |
1994 |
Buy |
| American Pie |
1996 |
Buy |
| Mermaids in the Basement |
2008 |
Buy |
Michael Lee West Teeny Templeton Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Gone with a Handsomer Man |
2011 |
Buy |
| A Teeny Bit of Trouble |
2012 |
Buy |
| A Teeny Taste of Scandal |
2013 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Consuming Passions |
1999 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| She Flew the Coop |
1994 |
Buy |
| American Pie |
1996 |
Buy |
| Mermaids in the Basement |
2008 |
Buy |
Teeny Templeton Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Gone with a Handsomer Man |
2011 |
Buy |
| A Teeny Bit of Trouble |
2012 |
Buy |
| A Teeny Taste of Scandal |
2013 |
Buy |
Michael Lee West is an American author from Tennessee who is best known for her witty, Southern-flavored novels. She published her debut, Crazy Ladies, in 1990, and it became the first book in the Girls Raised in the South series. Her early novels, including She Flew the Coop and American Pie, established her reputation for writing about eccentric Southern families with sharp humor and warmth.
West later created the Teeny Templeton series, beginning with Gone with a Handsomer Man in 2011. These books follow Teeny, a Southern baker who gets tangled up in murder mysteries and romantic complications in Charleston, South Carolina. Under the pen name Piper Maitland, West also published the Acquainted With the Night series, a pair of paranormal novels about vampires and a centuries-old conspiracy. Her non-fiction work Consuming Passions (1999) is a food memoir that blends recipes with stories about her family and her relationship with cooking.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Michael Lee West written?
Michael Lee West has written twenty books across nine series.
What was Michael Lee West's first book?
Michael Lee West’s first book is Crazy Ladies, published in 1990.
"Does Michael Lee West write under any pen names?"
“Yes, Michael Lee West also writes under the pen name Piper Maitland. She used the Maitland name for her Acquainted With the Night vampire series, which is a departure from her usual Southern fiction and humor.”