Cynthia DeFelice

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

Cynthia DeFelice (born 1951, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)^[1] is an American children's book author. She has written 16 novels, and 12 picture books for young readers. Her intended audience for her novels is children at the reading level of ages nine to twelve.

Biography

She was born Cynthia Carter in 1951. Her father was a psychiatrist, and her mother was an English teacher, who stopped working to raise DeFelice and her siblings. She credits her mother for sparking her interest in books. She began writing children's books in 1987. She lives in Geneva, New York.^[2]

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 Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker Farrar, Straus & Giroux (1996), ISBN 0-374-34669-0 (ALA Notable Book 1996)
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)

Select children's picture books

Dancing Skeleton, illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker, Atheneum (1989) ISBN 0-02-726452-1 (named a Best Book of the Year by the Library of Congress)
Clever Crow, illustrations by S.D. Schindler, Atheneum (1998), ISBN 978-0-689-80671-1
Cold Feet, illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker, DK Books for Children (2000), ISBN 978-0-7894-2636-9 (2001 Boston Globe-Horn Book award for best picture book)

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 75386718 LCCN: n87930091

Persondata
Name	Defelice, Cynthia
Alternative names
Short description	Children's book author
Date of birth	1951
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death
Place of death

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