Cynthia Voigt is a writer of impressive productivity. Since her first book in 1981, she has published one book per year, sometimes two. At present, she has written seventeen books for young adults, one for children, and one for adults. Her books are marked by a wide variety of subject matter in which she explores ideas and interests that mirror those of her readers.
Voigt was born February 25, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was the second of five children, having two sisters, and twin brothers, thirteen years her junior. Her childhood was spent in rural southern Connecticut.
She attended Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts, a private girls' boarding school, and later Smith College, where she graduated in 1963.
After graduation she moved to New York City where she worked for an.....
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