Cynthia Leitich Smith: Official Author Site and Home of Children's & Young Adult Literature Resources

Cynthia Leitich Smith is the New York Times and Publishers Weekly best-selling author of TANTALIZE, ETERNAL, BLESSED, DIABOLICAL and TANTALIZE: KIEREN'S STORY (Candlewick). Her award-winning books for younger children include JINGLE DANCER, INDIAN SHOES, RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME (all HarperCollins) and HOLLER LOUDLY (Dutton).

Her website at 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.

Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith are authors of books for young readers.

Cynthia is the New York Times and Publishers Weekly best-selling author of TANTALIZE, ETERNAL, BLESSED, DIABOLICAL and TANTALIZE: KIEREN'S STORY (Candlewick). Her award-winning books for younger children include JINGLE DANCER, INDIAN SHOES, RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME (all HarperCollins) and HOLLER LOUDLY (Dutton). She also offers one of the largest youth literature sites on the Web at www.cynthialeitichsmith.com.

Greg is the award-winning author of NINJAS, PIRANHAS AND GALILEO as well as TOFU AND T. Rex (both Little, Brown) and the forthcoming CHRONAL ENGINE (Clarion).

Together, the couple wrote the short story, "The Wrath of Dawn," which appears in GEEKTASTIC: STORIES FROM THE NERD HERD (Little Brown). They make their home in Austin.

Cynthia Leitich Smith is the New York Times and Publishers Weekly best-selling author of TANTALIZE, ETERNAL, BLESSED, DIABOLICAL and TANTALIZE: KIEREN'S STORY, all Gothic fantasies from Candlewick Press.

TANTALIZE was a Borders Original Voices selection, honored at the 2007 National Book Festival, named a Top Ten Pick on YALSA's Popular Paperbacks list, and The Horn Book called it "an intoxicating romantic thriller."

ETERNAL was a YALSA Teens Top Ten nominee, featured at the Texas Book Festival, and Publishers Weekly said, "…readers should be hooked by this fully formed world, up through the action-packed finale." It debuted at #5 on the New York Times best-seller list and #13 on the Publishers Weekly best-seller list.

BLESSED was a YALSA Teens Top Ten nominee and cheered by The Horn Book Magazine as "A hearty meal for the thinking vampire reader." Kirkus Reviews calls the world, "wild and ultimately fascinating" and says of Quincie and Kieren, "...the pages fairly smolder in describing their attraction to one another."

Cynthia has also published YA short stories and award-winning books for younger readers and may be found on the Web at www.cynthialeitichsmith.com.