About The Author
CYNTHIA VOIGT (1942- )
Cynthia Voigt was born on February 25,1942, in Boston, Mass. Voigt writes fiction for children and young adults. She has been praised for her strong characterizations and for her careful style of writing.
Voigt studied at Smith College, receiving a B. A. in 1963, and taught high school English in Maryland from 1965 to 1967. She taught at The Key School in Annapolis beginning in 1968 and was chairman of the English department from 1971 to 1979. From 1981 she taught part time and continued as department chairman.
Her first novel, Homecoming (1981),was nominated for an American Book Award. Other novels include Tell Me If the Lovers Are Losers (1982), which told the story of several girls of widely different backgrounds who learn from one another as they form a volleyball team in college; Dicey's Song (1982), which won a Newbery Medal; and The Calendar Papers (1983). Homecoming and Dicey's Song tell of a young girl named Dicey and her siblings.
--Courtesy of Compton's Learning Company
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