Cidney Swanson

With over a million books sold, Cidney Swanson writes award-winning sci-fi and fantasy for YA readers craving wholesome adventures where tenacious heroines overcome impossible odds. When she's not sending characters into peril, Cidney is likely obsessing over her neurodiverse-driven special interests (language, Disney, Mars, and Shakespeare). Cidney divides her year between Oregon and Florida along with her family and entirely too much rain. You can visit her at her eponymous website.

Cidney is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and Novelists, Inc. (NINC). Her awards include the 2014 SCBWI Spark Honor for SAVING MARS, for which she was also named to Kirkus Reviews Best of 2012. In 2020, she was the inaugural recipient of the Good Story Grant.