Cindy grew up in the Deep South—not on an idyllic farm or in a historic home surrounded by marsh and moss covered trees, but in a three bedroom ranch with a Chrysler K-Car and a guinea pig named Chester. Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was hot, but her house was air conditioned. The town was quiet, so she played Atari. Population was small-ish, but her parents loved to travel and introduced her to the Biiiiiig Apple—which rocked!! So…

Cindy eventually moved to Manhattan where she could be one of seven-million pedestrians (Catchya later, K-Car!). There, she worked at Playboy, The Economist, Sex and the City and, primarily Sesame Workshop where she fully adopted the “asking questions is a good way of finding something out” philosophy.

Still in New York today, Cindy writes from home, where she can keep an eye on her kids (now teens) and check out what they’re reading. They have excellent taste! Though she’s completed Middle Grade, Young Adult and General Fiction novels that blend genres, one common thread is relatable southern characters: “everytown folks” who drink Starbucks, Netflix and chill, wrestle with their sexuality, work two jobs, love opera, hate opera, fight systemic racism, recycle, don’t live in gothic mansions and may not like quinoa but have definitely tried quinoa and decided it’s no substitute for cheese grits.

Cindy has a Masters Degree in creative writing and literature from Harvard and is repped by the great Rachel Ridout of Harvey Klinger Literary.

Accolades: She was a finalist in both the Short Story and Novel-In-Progress categories in the 2022 Faulkner Society Creative Writing Competition (New Orleans, LA); had a short story in the summer 2023 issue of Still Point Arts Quarterly; was a semi-finalist for The Ghost Story 2023 Supernatural Fiction Award; and, most recently, was a winner in the 2023 William Faulkner Literary Competition (New Albany, MS). Woohoo!