The Vandemark Mummy | About the Author

Cynthia Voigt grew up in New England where she attended Dana Hall School and Smith College in Massachusetts. Although she always wanted to be a writer, out of necessity she became a teacher and discovered that she loved teaching English and classics. However, Voigt continued writing despite the fact that her manuscripts were regularly rejected. Then, when she was thirty-seven years old, her first book was published. Homecoming was the first in a series of seven books about the Tillerman family. It was named a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association and was...

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