{{Short description|American writer}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|1=Biographies|date=December 2024}} {{BLP one source|date=December 2024}} }} '''Delia Parr''' is a pen name for the historical fiction author '''Mary Lechleidner'''.
Raised in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey, Parr attended Pennsauken High School and graduated from Rutgers University. She is a retired high school teacher who writes whenever possible. She is a mother of three grown children and now lives on Florida's Gulf Coast.<ref>Nussbaum, Debra. [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40613F63F5C0C768DDDAF0894DB404482 "IN PERSON; Some Build Castles. She Writes Novels."], ''The New York Times'', June 15, 2003. Accessed March 10, 2011. "Ms. Lechleidner, who now lives on the Florida Gulf Coast, was born and raised in the working-class town of Pennsauken."</ref>
== Books == ===Candlewood Trilogy=== # ''A Hearth in Candlewood'' (2006) # ''Refining Emma'' (June 1, 2007) # ''Where Love Dwells'' (2008)
===Home Ties Trilogy=== # ''Day By Day'' (June 1, 2007) # '' Abide With Me'' (2005) # '' Carry The Light'' (2006)
===Trinity Series=== # ''A Place Called Trinity'' (2003) # ''Home to Trinity'' (2003) # '' The Midwife's Choice'' (Not yet on shelves)
===Other Titles=== *''Evergreen'' (1995) *''The Fire in Autumn'' (1996) *''By Fate's Design'' (1996) *''The Ivory Duchess'' (1997) *''The Minister's Wife'' (1998) *''Sunrise'' (1999) *''Perfect Secrets'' (1999) by Delia Parr, Kathleen Kane, Judith O'Brien, and Brenda Joyce *''The Promise of Flowers'' (2000)
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070513062552/http://www.deliaparr.com/ Mary Lechleidner's Personal Website]
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