Cynthia L. Moyer is a former reporter for four weekly newspapers throughout Western Washington and along the Oregon Coast. She graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a B.S. in Conservation of Wildland Resources from the former College of Forestry, and would have an English literature degree as well, but ironically needed 15 credits in foreign language. Oops. But after seven years in college, she grabbed her best friend Charley and headed for the ocean.
She and her new husband lived for two years in Neah Bay, Washington, home of the Makah Indian Nation, on the Olympic Peninsula. They often traveled to Forks for groceries, but never saw one shapeshifting wolf, darn it. Their next stop was Shelton, Washington where Cynthia started her career as a proofreader for the Shelton-Mason County Journal, before moving into a full-time reporter position with the Belfair Herald. Soon after, they moved to the Oregon Coast. She worked for the Headlight-Herald in Tillamook, took a break to write a romance novel, then took another reporting position with the Seaside Signal in Seaside, Oregon.
While at the Signal, Cynthia and her husband began paperchasing for their first child from China. Before leaving the paper, she was pumping out 10,000 words a week as the only reporter on staff. THAT was a fun month! During her time as a stay-at-home mom to one, plus two more children from China later, she has been able to come full circle and is writing again, inspired by adoption, magic, bubbles, and of course, the Pacific Northwest.
When not taking care of her husband, two 3rd-graders, one 1st-grader, Cynthia colors comic book art, edits photos, attempts to update her blogs, decorates cakes and keeps track of many, many furry animals.
