Cinda Williams Chima
Cinda Williams Chima is an American novelist of YA contemporary fantasy. Cinda started writing when she was in high school, but stopped in order to focus on college. After receiving her master’s, she worked as a clinical dietitian in Cleveland. She wouldn’t resume writing until her sons were teenagers. She is the author of The Heir Chronicles and the Seven Realms series. Much of her writing is influenced by her grandmother, who was a fortune teller, as well as Celtic beliefs.