Cindy Woodsmall debut novel, When the Heart Cries, comes out in the fall of 2006. Its sequel will follow one year later, and the conclusion will be on the shelves in fall of 2008.

Seeds were sown years ago that began preparing her to write these books. At the age of ten, while living in the dairy country of Maryland, she became best friends with Luann, a Beachy Amish Mennonite girl. Luann, like all the females in her family, wore the black prayer kapp and caped dresses. Her parents didn’t allow television or radios, and many other modern conveniences were frowned upon. During the numerous times Luann came to Cindy's house to spend the night, her rules came with her and the two were careful to obey them—afraid that if they didn't, the adults would end their friendship.

As an adult, while visiting her sister in Amish country in Pennsylvania, Cindy was once again drawn to the "plain folk." She was blessed to become friends with a wonderful Old Order Amish family who freely opened their home for visits from Cindy. Although the two forty-something women, Miriam and Cindy, live seven hundred miles apart geographically, and a century apart by customs, when they come together they never lack for commonality, laughter, and dreams of what only God can accomplish through His children.

Cindy, her husband, and their three sons reside in Georgia.
 

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