Cynthia Neale is an American with Irish ancestry and an Irish set dancer who loves to travel to Ireland and experience its beauty and haunting mystery. She has long possessed a deep interest in the tragedies and triumphs of the Irish during the Famine. She grew up in Watkins Glen, New York and now lives in New Hampshire with her husband and daughter. The Irish Dresser is her first novel, and the sequel, Hope in New York City, will be available in early 2007. She is currently writing a third novel about Nora McCabe, the protagonist of The Irish Dresser. However, this work is an adult historical fiction novel and is not a children's book.

Sample Writing

The Guided Hike, by Cynthia Neale

Other Writing

2006 - "The Guided Hike", short story, published in The East Hampton Star

2002 to present - A romance series, "Loving You in Waltz Hold", published in Set Dancing News, County Clare, Ireland

2002 - "Homing Instinct", essay, published in AMC Outdoors Magazine

2001 and 2002 - grant writer for Hampstead Preservation Committee (awarded two grants)

1999 - "My Mother, My Legacy, and Blues Gone Gospel", essay published in My Voice, My Spirit, Portsmouth, NH

1997 - Wrote and directed Indeed the Hunger, a play about Famine Ireland, performed in Rochester and Buffalo, NY for Irish festivals

1995 - "Silencing the Lamb", political analysis, published in Liberty Magazine

1994 to 1995 - owner and creator of tea catering business - Miss Havisham's Tea Caterers in Rochester, NY

1993 to present - children's books, essays, freelance articles, short stories, and current novels

1994 - "I Am Wearing My Mother's Genes and They Are a Size Large", essay, published in Rochester Shorts literary magazine, Rochester, NY

1992 - analytical writer for The Herald Examiner, Rochester, NY

1991- 1992 - Reporter for Suburban Circle Publications, Rochester, NY

Contact Cynthia at (603) 329-4249, or email White Mane at marketing@whitemane.com.

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Last update: October 31, 2006.