Thank you for visiting my site--Andrea Cynthia Voigt has
written many great books in her life. One of the many books is
Newberry Winner, “Dicey’s Song.” It is the second series to
“Homecoming,” which was her first published novel. If you want
to learn more about Voigt read this web site and you will get a list
of FAQ’s, other books, and a biography on Cynthia Voigt.
F.A.Q.’s
Where did you come up with the idea to write the “Homecoming”
series?
She came up with the idea to write the “Homecoming” series when she was in the middle of
writing “Building Blocks.” She went shopping and saw some kids in a car and asked herself
“What happens if no one comes back for them?” She put “Building Blocks” on hold and she
wrote the “Homecoming” series.
How did you begin your writing career?
She began her writing career because she always liked writing and in high school she wrote short
stories. After schooling she had a few jobs before she got back to writing. Then she just started
writing again and “Homecoming” was published.
How did you begin writing “Building Blocks?”
She began writing “Building Blocks” when she was watching her son play with little cardboard
boxes. Then one day, when she was shopping, she came up with the idea to write
“Homecoming.”
Awards
In her many years of writing, Cynthia Voigt, has won many awards. Some of these
include the following: The Newberry Medal, Edgar Award, Silver Pencil Award (Dutch),
Deutscher Jugend Literatur Preis, ALAN Award, and California Young Reader’s Award. By the
many awards you can tell how much hard work she puts into her novels.
Biography
On February 25, 1942 Cynthia Irving was born. In her family was her father, mother, and
one sibling. She grew up in southern Connecticut and attended Smith College where she earned a
Bachelor’s Degree. Before writing, she worked for an advertising agency, a secretary, and a high
school English teacher. Some of her hobbies are eating well, reading, playing tennis, and seeing
movies.
She married in September1964 and later divorced in 1972. In 1974 she married Walter
Voigt and now has two children and a dog.
She decided in high school that she wanted to become an author because she liked books.
She was in the process of writing “Building Blocks” when she went shopping and thought of the
“Homecoming” series and that became her first published novel and from then on she wrote
many more.
Booklist and Dates Released
“Homecoming”- 1981
“Dicey’s Song”- 1982
“A Solitary Blue”- 1983
“The Callender Papers”- 1983
“Building Blocks”- 1984
“The Runner”- 1985
“Jackaroo”- 1985
“Come A Stranger”- 1986
“Izzy, Willy-Nilly”-1986
“Sons from Afar”- 1987
“Tree be Leaf”- 1988
“Seventeen Against the Dealer”- 1989
“Tell Me if Lovers Are Losers”- 1982
“On Fortune’s Wheel”- 1990
“David and Jonathan”- 1992
“Orfe”- 1992
“The Vandemark Mummy”- 1991
“The Wings of a Falcon”- 1993
“When She Hollors”- 1994
“Bad Girls”- 1996
“Bad, Badder, Baddest”-1997
“Elske”-1999
“It’s Not Easy Being Bad”- 2000
Bookreview
“Homecoming”
After being deserted in a mall parking lot by her mother, Dicey struggles to take care of
her brothers and sister and find the rest of their family. They try to find their aunt and find out
she lives a long ways away; but when they get there they find out she is dead. So they stay with
their cousin and find out they have a grandmother that is living. So they take a bus and try to find
her.
What I really liked about this book was that the whole time they were traveling, Dicey
stayed with them and acted like their mother when she was only 13. I can tell how much family
meant to her and that she would never leave them or put them down.
Thank you for visiting my web site on Cynthia Voigt!
Andrea