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Cindy is a full-time freelance writer living in central Ohio with her husband Tom and their three sons, Dan, Jeff, and Kyle. She was raised in Reds country and is a die hard fan, but became interested in the Cubs of the early 20th-century era when her cousin, Scott Brown, told her they were related to Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown.

Cindy received her bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Wright State University in 1984. She taught preschool and kindergarten in church environments for nearly twenty years before retiring her chalk and hanging up her playground whistle in 2003.

Cindy's interest in family history inspires all her writing. She has presented Genealogy 101, a talk on how to begin your family history research, to various groups. She has written genealogy-related articles for Family History Magazine, Family Chronicle, and Everton's Genealogical Helper and Internet Genealogy.

Other magazines she's written for include History Magazine, Christian Networks Journal, and publications of the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR). She has also contributed to a couple of anthologies. Samples of her writing can be found on her Web site: www.cindyswriting.com.

She is a member of SABR (see her online bio of Mordecai here: SABR's BioProject), Columbus Christian Writers Association, Preschool Curriculum Advisory Committee at Charisma House, Ohio Historical Society, and several online writers' groups. Her church affiliation is at Etna United Methodist Church.

In addition to article writing, Cindy writes historical novels with a connection to her family history research. These are represented by literary agent This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Her first novel, Brigid of Ireland, released in the spring of 2006.

Articles on the up coming book can be found in the Jan/Feb 2005 issue of Indian Life and the April 2,2005 issue of War Cry Magazine. Also scheduled with Focus On The Family’s Clubhouse Magazine (March 2007) is a short story based on Mordecai’s childhood.

With the release of Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story, both Cindy and Scott are available for talks and book signings. You can contact Cindy here.