Cindy Maynard

Cindy Burkart Maynard is an award-winning historical fiction author and passionate historian with a deep love for the natural world. Her novels bring the past to life with richly detailed settings, compelling characters, and dramatic, unforgettable stories that explore the question: “What would it have been like to live in this time and place?”

In addition to her four acclaimed historical fiction novels, Cindy has co-authored two nonfiction works on the Colorado Plateau and the Desert Southwest and contributed articles to Images and Colorado Life magazines. She has served as a Volunteer Naturalist for over twenty years, infusing her writing with authenticity and a keen sense of place.

Cindy’s work has earned multiple accolades, including the Colorado Authors League Award for Western Literature, finalist positions for the Women Writing the West Award and WILLA Literary Award for softcover fiction, recognition as a Readers’ Favorite Five-Star Author, and the Marie M. Irvine Award for Literary Excellence.