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Marianne Wiggins

3 Series • 12 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Went South (1980)
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Publication Order of Collections
Start with: Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone (1991)
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Publication Order of M.K. Brown Range Life Books
Start with: Life on the Texas Range (1973)

ⓘ About Marianne Wiggins

In 1965, she married Brian Porzak, with whom she had a daughter with. Their daughter is a fine art photographer, named Lara Porzak The couple wound up divorcing in 1970. She lived in London for 16 years, and for short periods in Brussels, Rome, and Paris. After her second novel, called “Separate Checks”, was published in 1984, she was able to support herself and her daughter off of her writing alone. In January of 1988, she married fellow author Salman Rushdie in London. On Valentine’s Day 1989, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a Fatwa ordering the assassination of Rushdie for alleged blasphemy in “The Satanic Verses”. Even though Marianne had told Rushdie just five days before that she wished to end their marriage, she went into hiding with him. The couple divorced in 1993.

All Book Series by Marianne Wiggins

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Went South

Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 1980

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1980
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Separate Checks

Book 2 of 9 · published 1984

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1984
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Herself in Love

Book 3 of 9 · published 1987

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1987
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John Dollar

Book 4 of 9 · published 1989

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1989
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Eveless Eden

Book 5 of 9 · published 1995

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1995
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Almost Heaven

Book 6 of 9 · published 1998

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1998
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Evidence of Things Unseen

Book 7 of 9 · published 2003

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2003
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The Shadow Catcher

Book 8 of 9 · published 2007

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2007
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Properties of Thirst

Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2022

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2022
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Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone

Single-title series · published 1991

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1991
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Life on the Texas Range

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1973 Anthology · J. Evetts Haley,Erwin E. Smith

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1973
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Still: Cowboys at the Start of the Twenty-First Century

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2008 Co-authored · Robb Kendrick

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2008

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Marianne Wiggins?

In 1965, she married Brian Porzak, with whom she had a daughter with. Their daughter is a fine art photographer, named Lara Porzak The couple wound up divorcing in 1970. She lived in London for 16 years, and for short periods in Brussels, Rome, and Paris.

Which Marianne Wiggins series should I start with?

The best place to start is the M.K. Brown Range Life series, the earliest of Marianne Wiggins's multi-book series: it opens with Life on the Texas Range (1973) and runs to 2 books across 1973–2008, ending with Still: Cowboys at the Start of the Twenty-First Century (2008).

How many books has Marianne Wiggins written?

Marianne Wiggins has 12 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1973 and 2022. 2 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the M.K. Brown Range Life series with 2 books — and 10 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Marianne Wiggins's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Marianne Wiggins's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are M.K. Brown Range Life (1973–2008, 2 books).

How are Marianne Wiggins's books organised into series?

This guide splits Marianne Wiggins's 12 books into 1 named series and 10 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: M.K. Brown Range Life (2 books, 1973–2008).