N. N. Light’s Book Heaven is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Isn’t that wonderful?
Absolutely!
I’d like to introduce author Cynthia Rice.
Question 1: Where were you ten years ago in relation to your author/writer career? If you weren’t writing, what were you doing?
Ten years ago I was still working full time as a physician, so my writing sometimes took a backseat to other responsibilities. I was writing and taking online writing courses through Gotham City and Writers Digest.
Question 2: Looking back on the past ten years, how has your writing grown?
In the past ten years I finished my debut traditionally published novel, The Last Broken Girl, my second novel which I am currently querying The Day She Vanished, and began work on my third. I also began networking with writers through Sisters in Crime, MWA and International Thriller Writers, which includes a great critique group which definitely has improved my prose. In the past two years, I also started to write short stories.
Question 3: What are you doing now? How many books have you published?
Novel #1 was traditionally published eight months ago. I am querying novel #2, working on novel #3, and had a short story published in an anthology in the past month. I am working on another short story to submit to at upcoming conferences Left Coast Crime and on the debut authors panel at International Thriller Writers.
Giveaway -
In celebration of our 10th anniversary, the authors have each donated a prize (sixty in total) and they range from free books to swag to gift cards.
Open internationally but some prizes are only open to US residents
Runs March 1 - 31, 2025
Winner will be drawn on April 1, 2025
Author Biography:
Mystery and suspense author Cynthia Rice is a physician living in the Milwaukee area and is a lifelong writer. Her debut novel, a psychological suspense, The Last Broken Girl, was traditionally published by The Wild Rose Press in June 2024 and will be featured on the debut author’s panel at the June 2025 International Thriller Writers in NYC and Left Coast Crime in Denver March 2025. The novel won the 2023 Claymore Award in the suspense category. In addition, a short story was published in a Sisters in Crime Guppies Anthology in February of 2025. Cynthia is an active member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, Wisconsin Writers Association, and the Chicago Writers Association. She has strong ties to the small towns and rural areas in Wisconsin where her novels take place. When not plotting her next (literary) murder, she enjoys tennis, golf and travel.
Where can readers follow you:
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