Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Cynthia Tocci is the author of the young adult fantasy series, The Chronicles of Kiva.
She originated the role of Vincenza Vermicelli, the pregnant bridesmaid, in the interactive theatrical production of Joey and Maria's Comedy Italian Wedding.
During production, Tocci was involved in a set accident when a large portable generator rolled and crushed her hand, leaving her in the hospital for several key days of shooting.
Her debut novel, Stone Voice Rising, the first in the series: The Chronicles of Kiva, was published in 2009[1] under the pen name C. Lee Tocci.
Under the working title The Road to Kiva, the book won the Editor's Choice Award at the San Diego State University Writers' Conference in January 2006.