About Cindy Pelley

Hello all! I’m Cindy Pelley, a big kid at heart who wants to pass my love of learning to you and your kids. I currently live in Ohio, United States, with my loved ones. I love to read and do research and implement that into my writing, especially if I get to express those facts more uniquely and creatively. (After all, kids need to have fun while learning to have the information stick in their minds, and adults need to be just as entertained when reading children’s writing.)

Ever since I could pick up a pen (or rather, marker), I loved to write! I made picture books when I was a little kid, though they never got published. My love for creative nonfiction writing began when I was seven (turning eight). I attended a cultural event at my school and was so fascinated by it that I made books with facts about different countries. I gave these books to different classes in my school, and the students and teachers absolutely loved them!

I did more creative nonfiction writing over the years through different mediums (including a rap about the solar system for a summer camp talent show), but this also conflicted with other interests growing up. However, I began taking creative nonfiction writing more seriously in my junior year of college when I took a science writing class, which I wrote some fun and creative science assignments for, and discovered that I had a gift for explaining written information that’s engaging. It was then I knew I wanted to write creative nonfiction pieces for kids.