Cynthia Voigt

Cynthia Voigt is an American writer of books for young adults, with novels that deal with adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse. She is best known for the Tillerman family series, which opens with Homecoming, a novel nominated for several international prizes and later adapted as a 1996 film. Her novel Dicey's Song won the 1983 Newbery Medal, and in 1995 the American Library Association gave her the Margaret Edwards Award for her writing for teens.