As per our current Database, Cynthia Rylant is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Cynthia Rylant is 70 years, 5 months and 15 days old. Cynthia Rylant will celebrate 71rd birthday on a Friday 6th of June 2025. Below we countdown to Cynthia Rylant upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Cynthia Rylant |
| Occupation | Children's Author |
| Age | 70 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Born | June 6, 1954 (Hopewell, WV) |
| Birthday | June 6 |
| Town/City | Hopewell, WV |
| Nationality | WV |
Cynthia Rylant’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
Cynthia Rylant was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
American children's Writer who won a Newbery Medal for her 1993 book, Missing May. Her other acclaimed children's books include A Fine White Dust, I Had Seen Castles, and the Cobblestreet Cousins and Annie & Snowball series.
Her debut work, When I Was Young in the Mountains (1982), describes her childhood in the Appalachian region of West Virginia. She later received degrees from Morris Harvey College and Marshall University.
Her novel, A Fine White Dust, was a Newbery Honor winner in 1987.
She was raised by her grandparents after her parents divorced when she was four years old. Her brief marriage to a University of Akron professor produced a son named Nathaniel.
She won the Newbery Medal in 1993, one year before Lois Lowry won the same award for The Giver.
