Cynthia Sally HaggardCynthia Sally Haggard was born and reared in Surrey, England. About 40 years ago, she surfaced in the United States, inhabiting the Mid-Atlantic region as she wound her way through four careers: violinist, cognitive scientist, medical writer, and novlist.Her first novel, Thwarted Queen, a saga about the Yorks, Lancasters & Nevilles, whose family feud inspired "Game of Thrones," won the 2021 Gold Medal IPPY Award for Audiobook, with the fab Diana Croft narrating. Her second novel, Farewell My Life, a dark historical about a hidden murderer, won the 2021 Independent Press Award for Women's Fiction and was the 2019 Distinguished Favorite for the New York City Big Book Award. Cynthia graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University, Cambridge MA, in June 2015. When she's not annoying everyone by insisting her fictional characters are more real than they are, Cynthia likes to go for long walks, knit something glamorous, cook in her wonderful kitchen, and play the piano.You can visit her at cynthiasallyhaggard.com Read More Read Less