Cynthia Hamilton is the author of eight books, which include fiction, mystery and memoir. SPOUSE TRAP, is the first book in her Madeline Dawkins Mystery Series, which takes place in Santa Barbara, a town she is happy to call her home. It is followed by A HIGH PRICE TO PAY and GIRL TRAP, debuting in May 2018.
FINDING RUTH was inspired by a photograph she found of her mother taken in 1949 while moving her into an Alzheimer’s facility, written as a means to discover who her mother was as a person in her own right, outside her role as "Mom". ONCE UPON A LYME… chronicles her battle with a misdiagnosed disease and the unexpected upside of becoming a writer as a means of escaping the pain. LUCKY AT LOVE, ALLIGATORS IN THE TREES, and GOLDEN STATE are lighthearted looks at life, love and the resiliency of the human heart.