Cynthia DeFelice explained

Cynthia DeFelice
Birth Date:	8 December 1951
Birth Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation:	Writer
Genre:	Children's literature

Cynthia Carter DeFelice (December 8, 1951 – May 24, 2024) was an American children's writer. She wrote 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 credited her mother for sparking her interest in books. She graduated from William Smith College in 1973. Among her three siblings was former US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter.^{[2] [3]} She began writing children's books in 1987. She lived in Geneva, New York.^[3] DeFelice died on May 24, 2024.^[4]

Bibliography

Children's novels

• The Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colter, Atheneum (1988),
• Weasel, Atheneum (1990), (1993 Sequoyah Book Award winner)
• Devil’s Bridge, Gale Group (1992),
• The Light on Hogback Hill Atheneum (1993),
• Lostman’s River, Atheneum (1994),
• The Ghost of Fossil Glen, Farrar Straus (1998),
• Nowhere to Call Home Farrar Straus (1999),
• Death at Devil’s Bridge Farrar Straus (2000),
• The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs, Farrar Straus (2001)
• The Ghost of Cutler Creek, Farrar Straus (2004),
• Under the Same Sky, Farrar Straus (2005),
• Missing Manatee, Farrar Straus (2005), (nominated for a 2006 Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America)
• Bringing Ezra Back, Farrar Straus (2006) (sequel to Weasel)
• The Ghost of Poplar Point, Farrar Straus (2007),
• Signal, Farrar Straus (2009),
• Wild Life, Farrar Straus (2011)
• Fort, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2015),

Selected children's picture books

• Dancing Skeleton, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker (Atheneum Books, 1989), – named a Best Book of the Year by the Library of Congress
• Clever Crow, illus. S. D. Schindler (Atheneum, 1998),
• Cold Feet, illus. Robert Andrew Parker (DK Books for Children, 2000), . 2001 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for best picture book
• Casey in the Bath, illus. Farrar Straus Giroux (Macmillan, 1998)

External links

• • Cynthia DeFelice at publisher Macmillan US

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cynthia DeFelice . Cynthia DeFelice | Authors | Macmillan . Us.macmillan.com . 2015-08-17.
2. Web site: Ashton Carter: savvy tactician, independent thinker . . 2015-02-04 . 2015-08-17.
3. Web site: About Cynthia . Cynthiadefelice.com . 2015-08-17 . 2010-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126145241/http://cynthiadefelice.com/about-cynthia . dead .
4. Web site: Cynthia (Dee) Carter DeFelice, 72 . 2024-06-06 . The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News . en.