Bio: Cynthia Young, a resident of Caledon, Ontario, shares journeys of courage and resilience, blending records and keepsakes with social history to create one version of her characters’ lives. A storyteller inspired by the fortitude of past generations, she brings their history to life.

She published her first novel in 2020 after raising her family and enjoying a thirty-five-year business career. The fourth novel, due this fall, A Tapestry of Two Worlds, begins in Northern England and follows one individual’s journey in the 1860’s to make a home in Bombay (Mumbai), India.

With her move to Caledon in 2021, she and her husband embraced restoring their three-acre property to sustain local native plants in collaboration with the Credit Valley Conservation Authority.

Literary Inspiration: Exploring the past reveals tremendous courage

Genre: Biographical and historical fiction       Writes for: Adults and teens