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Cynthia Anderson

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Palo Alto, The United States

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https://www.cynthiaanderson.co.uk

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Historical Fiction, Romance, Fiction

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Kelly Rimmer, Fiona McIntosh, Kristin Hannah, Iona Grey, Jojo Moyes

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Cynthia Anderson writes historical fiction, exploring intergenerational stories that highlight lesser-known historical events.

Born in California, she spent her early years in a military family on the move internationally. After meeting her French husband in Asia, she settled in a village near Geneva, Switzerland, where she worked for the United Nations before turning to writing fiction.

Her debut novel, The Pilot’s Wife, is set in Switzerland during WW2.

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The War

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One Good Thing

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Cynthia Anderson and 3 other people liked Helen - Great Reads & Tea Leaves 's review of The Pilot's Wife: "As much as I love World War II fiction, there is a lot of it out there and it takes something special these days to stand out from the crowd. The Pilot’s Wife absolutely stands tall. Apart from wonderful research and writing, it was the inspiration o" Read more of this review »
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Cynthia Anderson and 1 other person liked Sarah Dobing's review of The Pilot's Wife: "I absolutely loved this book. I always love a book that switches POV, as you get to see every side to the story. Hedy is my favourite character. She’s determined she knows right from wrong, she wants to be of help. She risks her life so many times to " Read more of this review »
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Cynthia Anderson and 1 other person liked Bookish Thoughts 's review of The Pilot's Wife: "I really love historical fiction and this one was beautifully written. Mainly set in Switzerland and based on WWII, you follow a story from three POVs from Gina, Hedy and Samual. Samual an American pilot bringing supplies in to France, crash landed i" Read more of this review »
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Cynthia Anderson liked love to read 's review of The Pilot's Wife: "Set in Switzerland during ww2 this was a fascinating read from a unique perspective of a neutral country. The story is from the perspective of three different people ~ a young Swiss woman risking her life to help refugees get into the Swiss boarder t" Read more of this review »
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