Cynthia DeFelice

Cynthia Carter DeFelice (born 1951) is an American children's writer. She has written 16 novels and 12 picture books for young readers. The intended audience for her novels is children of reading ages nine to twelve.

This article is about an American children's book author. For the science fiction author with a similar name, see Cynthia Felice.

Life and career

Carter was born in 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] Her father was a psychiatrist, and her mother was an English teacher, who stopped working to raise Cynthia and her siblings. DeFelice credits her mother for sparking her interest in books. Among her three siblings is former US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter.[2][3] She began writing children's books in 1987. She lives in Geneva, New York.[3]

Bibliography

Children's novels
  • The Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colter, Atheneum (1988), ISBN 0-02-726451-3
  • Weasel, Atheneum (1990), ISBN 0-02-726457-2 (1993 Sequoyah Book Award winner)
  • Devil’s Bridge, Gale Group (1992), ISBN 0-02-726465-3
  • The Light on Hogback Hill Atheneum (1993), ISBN 0-02-726453-X
  • Lostman’s River, Atheneum (1994), ISBN 0-02-726466-1
  • The Ghost of Poplar Point, Farrar Straus (1997), ISBN 978-0-374-32540-4
  • The Ghost of Fossil Glen, Farrar Straus (1998), ISBN 0-374-31787-9
  • Nowhere to Call Home Farrar Straus (1999), ISBN 0-374-35552-5
  • Death at Devil’s Bridge Farrar Straus (2000), ISBN 0-374-31723-2
  • The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs, Farrar Straus (2001)
  • The Ghost of Cutler Creek, Farrar Straus (2004), ISBN 0-374-38058-9
  • Under the Same Sky, Farrar Straus (2005), ISBN 978-0-374-48065-3
  • Missing Manatee, Farrar Straus (2005), ISBN 0-374-31257-5 (nominated for a 2006 Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America)
  • Bringing Ezra Back, Farrar Straus (2006) (sequel to Weasel)
  • Signal, Farrar Straus (2009), ISBN 978-0-374-39915-3
  • Wild Life, Farrar Straus (2011)
  • Fort, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2015), ISBN 9780374324278

Selected children's picture books
  • Dancing Skeleton, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker (Atheneum Books, 1989), ISBN 0-02-726452-1 – named a Best Book of the Year by the Library of Congress
  • Clever Crow, illus. S. D. Schindler (Atheneum, 1998), ISBN 978-0-689-80671-1
  • Cold Feet, illus. Robert Andrew Parker (DK Books for Children, 2000), ISBN 978-0-7894-2636-9. 2001 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for best picture book
  • Casey in the Bath, illus. Farrar Straus Giroux (Macmillan, 1998)ISBN 978-0374410490
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References
  1. Cynthia DeFelice. "Cynthia DeFelice | Authors | Macmillan". Us.macmillan.com. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  2. "Ashton Carter: savvy tactician, independent thinker". The Boston Globe. 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  3. "About Cynthia". Cynthiadefelice.com. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
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