Cynthia Voigt

Cynthia Voigt is an American author best known for the Tillerman family novels. She is the author of 33 books for children and young people, and two books for adults, spanning a range of genres and audiences. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Voigt graduated from Smith College in 1963 and later became a secondary school English teacher. Her novels have won numerous awards, including the prestigious Newbery Medal for Dicey’s Song in 1983. The first Tillerman novel, Homecoming, was nominated for a National Book Award in 1982.

Source:

Official Website (accessed: 04 September, 2019).

Bio prepared by Sarah Hardstaff, University of Cambridge, sflh2@cam.ac.uk

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Records in database:

• A Solitary Blue (Tillerman Cycle, 3)
• Come A Stranger (Tillerman Cycle, 5)
• Homecoming
• Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, 1)
• Orfe
• Seventeen Against the Dealer (Tillerman Cycle, 7)
• Sons From Afar (Tillerman Cycle, 6)
• The Runner (Tillerman Cycle, 4)
• The Tillerman Cycle (Series)
• The Vandemark Mummy

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