Author Bio: Cindy Burkart Maynard is the author of award-winning works of historical fiction. Previous works include Soyala: Daughter of the Desert and Anastasia's Book of Days. She has also co-authored of two works of non-fiction about the Colorado Plateau and the desert Southwest. She has extensive experience teaching and writing about history and the natural world. She currently divides her time between Arizona and Colorado. Though set in disparate times and places, Ms. Maynard's novels have a common theme. All follow the life of a common woman navigating the turbulent waters of difficult times and explore how historical circumstances impact the lives of ordinary people. Cindy Burkart Maynard is passionate about history and the natural world. Her characters come to life showing the reader what it was like to live in another time and place. "Soyala: Daughter of the Desert," published in 2019, weaves a compelling, dramatic story of indigenous people in 1250 AD living through one of the most mysterious periods of American pre-history. Based the archeological of an ancient pueblo in northern New Mexico explores what it might have been like to live in that turbulent times - Winner of Colorado Authors League award for Western literature, and WILLA Finalist Award for soft cover fiction. "Anastasia's Book of Days" is set in the Black Forest area of Southwest Germany in the seventeenth century. Based on the purported diaries of Anastasia Burkart, the author's great-great grandmother, the story reflects the momentous changes sweeping across her beloved Black Forest homeland. Winner of the Marie M. Irvine award for Literary Excellence.
