CINDA WILLIAMS CHIMA PROMOTING HER 14th (!!!) YOUNG ADULT BOOK

 

Cinda Williams Chima, who worked in the BJ classified phone room in the 1970s, was in Wooster on Saturday for the Buckeye Book Fair, to promote her 14^th young adult book,  “Children of Ragnarok,” a Viking tale. Cinda also spent time as a clinical dietician. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Her siblings are BJ Advertising Art retiree Mike Williams and BJ information technology retiree Linda Williams Torson, who lives in Doylestown with her husband, Akron-Summit County Metroparks retiree Tim Torson. Linda was with the Beacon Journal for 42 years, retiring in 2012. Cinda and Linda are fraternal twins (2 eggs impregnated separately and then born at the same time). Mike was the BJ from 1968 till 2012. He married Jane Williams.

It’s not Cinda’s first rodeo at the Buckeye Book Fair or elsewhere.

In 2018 former BJ ads-taker Cinda Williams Chima joined former BJ reporter Thrity Umbrigar to take part in the Tucson Festival of Books.

In 2014 Thrity was keynote speaker and Cinda participated in the Case Western Reserve University writing conference. Thirty is a professor at Case.

Cinda’s previous works include
Warrior Heir
Wizard Heir
Dragon Heir
The Demon King
The Exiled Queen
The Gray Wolf Throne