About Cynthia
Freelance writer whose new middle grade biography Chipeta: Ute Peacemaker was released in November 2008 by Filter Press. Chipeta: Ute Peacemaker received a 2009 WILLA Finalist Award from Women Writing the West. Previously authored an adult biography Chipeta: Queen of the Utes (2003) which won the 2004 EVVY award for "Best Biography" and was selected for the 2006 All-City Read in Glenwood Springs,... More
Cynthia's Blog: Chipeta: Ute Peacemaker - Recent Posts
| 11/17/2014 | Bitter Enemies (0 Comments )
 “The Utes and the Southern Cheyenne illustrate the bitter hatred and mortal fear that many tribes have for each other.” That was the view of Richard Irving Dodge in his 1882 book Our Wild Indians. Dodge spent many years in the West during... Read the rest of this post |
| 11/10/2014 | Storytelling on the Plains (0 Comments )
 On winter evenings in an Indian camp, “storytelling was the most popular amusement next to dancing.” Richard Irving Dodge visited many camps in his years on the western plains. And many times he joined the crowd in a lodge (teepee) to listen to... Read the rest of this post |
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| Cynthia's Published Works | Ages | Date Published | |||
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Books 1 - 4 from Cynthia's published works Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||||
| 1. Chipeta: Ute Peacemaker (Now You Know Bios) (Paperback) Author: Cynthia S. Becker Publisher: Filter Press |
Ages 9-12 |
10/31/2008 Add | |||
| 8 Reviews | |||||
| 2. Problems With Death (Opposing Viewpoints (Paperback)) (Paperback) Author: Cynthia S. Becker Publisher: Greenhaven Press |
Young Adults |
09/22/2006 Add | |||
| 1 Reviews | |||||
| 3. Information Plus Am Fmly 05/05 (Information Plus Reference: American Fam... Author: Cynthia S. Becker Publisher: Thomson-Gale |
Young Adults |
05/2005 Add | |||
| Add Review | |||||
| 4. Chipeta: Queen of the Utes (Paperback) Author: Cynthia S. Becker, P. David Smith Publisher: Western Reflections Publishing Co. |
Adult |
08/13/2003 Add | |||
| 6 Reviews | |||||
| Bestselling order determined by Amazon.com SalesRank(tm) | |||||
Profile Comments
Comment by Olgy Gary on 11/30/2008 at 10:33 PM:
Welcome to JacketFlap Cynthia! So fun seeing you here. Congrats on Chipeta coming out this fall. :-)
Welcome to JacketFlap Cynthia! So fun seeing you here. Congrats on Chipeta coming out this fall. :-)
Comment by Elizabeth Westra on 10/11/2008 at 1:51 AM:
Welcome to jacket flap, Cynthia. You have a long list of writing accomplishments. What is your historical novel about?
BettyLu
Welcome to jacket flap, Cynthia. You have a long list of writing accomplishments. What is your historical novel about?
BettyLu
I'm an elementary librarian in Grand Junction and I purchased your book thru Filter Press. Do you have any others in progress? Your Chipeta book was loved by the 4th graders who read it.