Cynthia Hand

Cynthia Hand is an American author of young adult fiction, born in 1978 in southeastern Idaho. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Boise State University and a PhD in fiction writing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

She is the author of the Unearthly trilogy, The Last Time We Say Goodbye, The Afterlife of Holly Chase, The How & the Why, and With You All the Way, and co-writes the "Lady Janies" series — including My Lady Jane, adapted into a 2024 Amazon Prime Video series — with Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows.

She teaches creative writing at Boise State University and lives in Boise, Idaho.