Cynthia Carter DeFelice (December 8, 1951 – May 24, 2024) was an American children's writer.
She wrote 16 novels and 12 picture books for young readers.
The intended audience for her novels is children of reading ages nine to twelve.
[1] Her father was a psychiatrist, and her mother was an English teacher, who stopped working to raise Cynthia and her siblings.
DeFelice credited her mother for sparking her interest in books.