Vermont Man's Book Becomes a Bestseller 10 Years After Its Release — Thanks to His Daughter's TikTok

Stone Maidens was published in November 2012, about 14 years after Lloyd Devereux Richards began writing the thriller that's now a best-selling sensation

By Abigail Adams Published on February 15, 2023 03:59 PM

Good things come to those who wait — especially if TikTok has a say in it.

Lloyd Devereux Richards is now a bestselling author more than a decade after publishing his first novel, a thriller titled Stone Maidens.

But the road to publishing success was an arduous one for the 74-year-old father of three from Vermont, until his daughter hatched a plan to get his book the attention she felt it deserved, according to The Washington Post.

Stone Maidens was published by Thomas & Mercer in Nov. 2012, about 14 years after Lloyd began writing the book, the paper reported.

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