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Cynthia Haggard
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America (the)
Genres: Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, New Adult, Young Adult (YA), General Fiction, Mystery, Womens Fiction, Short/Flash Fiction Collection, Historical Fiction
Skills: Speaking Engagement/Lecture, Reading/Literary Event, Press/Media Interview
Cynthia Sally Haggard was born and reared in Surrey, England. About 30 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 novelist.
Cynthia graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University, Cambridge MA, in June 2015.
Her first novel, Thwarted Queen, a frustrating tale (hence the title) of Lady Cecylee (Cecily) Neville (1415-1495) who was nearly crowned Queen of England, won the 2021 Gold Medal IPPY award for Audiobook.
Cynthia also writes short stories, flash fiction, and coffee table books of her favorite blogs.
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 www.cynthiasallyhaggard.com
Cynthia Haggard's books
THWARTED QUEEN
“Thwarted Queen,” a frustrating tale (hence the title) of Lady Cecylee Neville who was nearly crowned Queen of England, tells the entire saga about the Yorks, Lancasters and Nevilles whose family feud started the “Wars of the Roses” and inspired “Game of Thrones.”
When Robert Baratheon died suddenly after a boar hunt, all Hell broke loose. When Edward IV, King of England, died suddenly after a fishing trip in April 1483, another phase of the Wars of the Roses ensued, the Yorks (Starks) battling the Lancasters (Lannisters.)
“Thwarted Queen” is told mainly in the voice of Lady Cecylee Neville (1415-1495), the Thwarted Queen, but other voices are important to this tale, not least those of the Londoners, who forged their own political destiny by engaging in public debate with the powerful aristocrats of the time - Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (the King’s uncle), Richard, Duke of York (the King’s cousin) and Richard, Earl of Warwick, (known as Warwick the Kingmaker) - and set the stage for American Democracy.