Cynthia Leitich Smith @cynthia ?

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Full Name	Cynthia Leitich Smith
Type of member	Writer
Website	http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/
Blog	http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/
About Me	Cynthia Leitich Smith is the New York Times and Publishers Weekly best-selling YA author of ETERNAL and TANTALIZE. Her acclaimed books for younger readers include JINGLE DANCER, INDIAN SHOES and RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME (all HarperCollins). She also has published several children’s-YA short stories. She is a member of faculty at the Vermont College M.F.A. program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Her website at http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com was named one of the top 10 Writer Sites on the Internet by Writer’s Digest and an ALA Great Website for Kids. Her Cynsations blog at cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/ was listed as among the top two read by the children’s/YA publishing community in the SCBWI “To Market” column.
Published Books	ETERNAL (Candlewick/Listening Library), TANTALIZE (Candlewick/Listening Library), RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME (HarperCollins/Listening Library), INDIAN SHOES (HarperCollins), JINGLE DANCER (Morrow/HarperCollins), SANTA KNOWS (Scholastic Book Club). Note: Cynthia’s YA novels also are published by Walker (U.K.), Walker Australia and New Zeland, and Editions Intervista (France). Her short stories appear in IMMORTAL (BenBella), SIDESHOW (Candlewick), GEEKTASTIC (Little, Brown), MOCCASIN THUNDER (HarperCollins), PERIOD PIECES (HarperCollins)(OP), IN MY GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE (HarperCollins)(OP), and Cicada magazine.
Something Cool About Me	I’m a member of Austin SCBWI.