The book Market Ghost Stories by Mercedes Yaeger was the third most popular paperback at Elliott Bay Books at the start of 2010. In June it was the fourth book in the Summer reading list on examiner.com. Get the 2010 edition: CLICK HERE
By combining history, journalism, research, and lore, Mercedes Yaeger introduces the people and the places of the Pike Place Market to the reader in Market Ghost Stories. Now in its fourth printing, the book is self-published by the Market Ghost Tour and has sold over 2,000 copies in it's first 9 months of publication. Stories in the book are about reported hauntings in the district but delve beyond just the reports.
As one reader said "Very well researched and written, and I especially liked that it was not your 'typical' ghost story book. It made the history of the area really come alive." The book includes historical information about Seattle, archival photos, and paranormal occurrences in the Market. Subject matters include not only the phenomenal but the very real and at times gruesome history of the NorthWest. The stories are not for the very young.
Mercedes at the Sub Seattle Tours bus, a tour she helped writeMercedes Yaeger has grown up in the Pike Place Market. She runs a ghost tour at night through the Market, The Market Ghost Tour. Her father, Michael Yaeger, is the honorary mayor of Pike Place. Her family owns Watercolors Fresh Daily, in the Atrium. Since the age of seven, Mercedes has been a member of the Market community.
As a tour guide and writer she has written or co-written four tours in total; Seattle's Public Market Tours, for the Pike Place Market Merchant's Association, The Sub Seattle Tour, for Bill Speidel Industries, The Market Ghost Tour and The Seattle Lust Tour. She has also written for the Pike Place Market News, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine and she maintains two blogs. Her first published work was a coloring book of the Pike Place Market for which she was both the author and illustrator. The Pike Place Market Coloring Book and Market Ghost Stories are available through Amazon.com and at retail outlets, like Watercolors Fresh Daily, Simply Seattle, Elliott Bay Books, and Golden Age Collectibles in Seattle.
Once an Assistant Producer for KCTS9, she has a passion for Public Television and has volunteered on camera as talent for the past five years during pledge drives. Mercedes and her team received an Emmy Nomination in 2005 for their work on The Perilous Fight; America's WWII In Color. She has traveled extensively and lived in New York City and Los Angeles before returning to Seattle, her permanent home. She loves the Pike Place Market, especially in the afternoons and evenings. A resident of Queen Anne Hill, Mercedes continues to give ghost tours in the Market.
If you are interested in purchasing the book directly from the author, you can do so through www.marketghoststories.com or stop by our office at 1410 Post Alley, Seattle WA 98101. We carry a variety of books by local authors and are adding titles daily.
Resellers - contact Mercedes directly by phone at 206-322-1218.