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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.

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

Selected children's picture books

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. ^ a b "About Cynthia". Cynthiadefelice.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2015-08-17.