Cindy Riz­zo is the author of four nov­els. In 2014, she received the Debut Author award from the Gold­en Crown Lit­er­ary Soci­ety. Her short sto­ries and essays have appeared in antholo­gies and online jour­nals. Cindy has a long career is in social jus­tice phil­an­thropy. She lives with her wife in New York City where she is a mem­ber of Con­gre­ga­tion Beit Sim­chat Torah.