Author Alexandra Rimer

I am looking forward to the next stop on my book tour: the Edison beautiful winter home in Fort Myers, Florida!
I will help celebrate Mina Edison's birthday on July 6th around her lush gardens that are still thriving today over 100 years later.
So honored to share her untold story in one of the places she loved the most.

Amazing turnout at the Chatham Historical Society. Loved meeting all of Chatham residents. Some even have homes in Chautauqua! Looking forward to my event there in July.

‘Succession’ meets ‘Downton Abbey': First book on Thomas Edison's wife hits shelves May 1 A book launch and signing of “Seduced by the Light: The Mina Miller Edison Story” takes place June 4 at Thomas Edison National Historical Park.

📚 Exciting news! My book, "Seduced by the Light" has been featured in a recent interview with MyCentralJersey. Discover the captivating story of Mina Miller Edison and her journey through the mesmerizing world of light. Check out the article to learn more about this illuminating tale! ✨🔦

‘Succession’ meets ‘Downton Abbey': First book on Thomas Edison's wife hits shelves May 1 A book launch and signing of “Seduced by the Light: The Mina Miller Edison Story” takes place June 4 at Thomas Edison National Historical Park.

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Seduced by the Light: The Mina Miller Edison Story Seduced by the Light is the first and only biography of Mina Miller Edison, the wife of Thomas Edison, the woman who created and shaped the myth of one of th...

It's never too early to set your New Year's reading goals! Here's just a small sampling of new titles we're excited to release in Spring 2023. All of these are available for preorder.

—SEDUCED BY THE LIGHT: THE MINA MILLER EDISON STORY by Alexandra Rimer Author
—IN SEARCH OF THE BLONDE TIGRESS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ELEANOR JARMAN by true crime writer Silvia Pettem
—UNMOORED: COMING OF AGE IN TROUBLED WATERS by J.R. Roessl-Author
—THE LAST CHARGE OF THE ROUGH RIDER by William Elliott Hazelgrove
—THE BULL IN THE DARKNESS AND THE ONE-EYED DOG: SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A COUNTRY VETERINARIAN by Robert T. Sharp, DVM
—TO VENTURE FURTHER: AN INCREDIBLE BOAT JOURNEY ACROSS THE WATERWAYS OF THAILAND by Tristan Jones

Lyons Press is proud to announce the May 2023 release of Seduced by the Light (368 pages • 978-1-4930-6941-5 • $29.95 • Hardback) by Alexandra Rimer. Seduced by the Light is the first and only biography of Mina Miller Edison, the wife of Thomas Edison, the woman who created and shaped the myth of one of the most seminal figures in America's history. The Thomas Edison we think we know was essentially created by Mina Miller Edison. Exhaustively researched by author Alexandra Rimer, a Rutgers faculty member and Assistant Editor at the Thomas Edison Papers, this account draws on unprecedented access to Edison family diaries, memoirs, and letters to look below the surface of the Edison family during the Gilded Age from the little-known perspective of this female protagonist.

Following his first wife’s death, Thomas Edison went in search of the next mother to his children, and chose a wealthy twenty-year-old socialite from Ohio who was nineteen years his junior. What Mina did not know at the time was that Edison was a terrible father, completely neglecting his children and, ultimately, Mina herself. Absorbed in his work, he only interacted with his family at dinner, and sometimes not even then. The result was a dysfunctional family overseen by a saintly matriarch who went to great lengths to protect Edison’s reputation as well as that of his wayward children.

Alexandra Rimer has been an Assistant Editor at the Thomas Edison Papers at Rutgers University since 2005. She is a co-recipient of the Eugene S. Ferguson Prize (Papers of Thomas A. Edison), Society for the History of Technology, 2005. She is also a frequent lecturer on Mina Miller Edison at the Thomas Edison National Historic Park in West Orange, New Jersey, where she lives.

Seduced By the Light is now available for preorder through the link below:
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I am so excited to share that my book will be out in March 2023!

Seduced by the Light is the first and only biography of Mina Miller Edison, the wife of Thomas Edison, the woman who created and shaped the myth of one of the most seminal figures in America's history. The Thomas Edison we think we know was essentially created by Mina Miller Edison. Exhaustively researched by author Alexandra Rimer, a Rutgers faculty member and Assistant Editor at the Thomas Edison Papers, this account draws on unprecedented access to Edison family diaries, memoirs, and letters to look below the surface of the Edison family during the Gilded Age from the little-known perspective of this female protagonist.

Following his first wife’s death, Thomas Edison went in search of the next mother to his children, and chose a wealthy twenty-year-old socialite from Ohio who was nineteen years his junior. What Mina did not know at the time was that Edison was a terrible father, completely neglecting his children and, ultimately, Mina herself. Absorbed in his work, he only interacted with his family at dinner, and sometimes not even then. The result was a dysfunctional family overseen by a saintly matriarch who went to great lengths to protect Edison’s reputation as well as that of his wayward children.

Lyons Press Rowman & Littlefield Joelle Delbourgo Associates Blackstone Audiobooks

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So thrilled to announce my book will be on shelves! Please stay tuned for pre-orders!

Edison bought Glenmont in Llewellyn Park for Mina as a wedding gift in January 1886. They married a month later. Edison was 39. Mina was 20. When originally built, Glenmont was a marvel of modern living, and had:
• A central heating system
• 23 fireplaces
• A refrigerator room in the kitchen
It had 23 rooms, including 2 and 1/2 baths. Six more bathrooms were added to the home.
Already a celebrated inventor Edison's new wife nor new home could change his old work habits. He spent little time at the house and worked long hours at his immense laboratory just down the hill in West Orange.
Park new bride

I am so excited to announce that my book, Seduced by the Light - The Mina Miller Edison Story, was submitted this week to publishers! Thank you Jacqueline Flynn Joelle Delbourgo Associates for all your help.

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