About

Cynthia’s most recent book is the novel Three Days, published in France by Bragelonne/Milady as Trois Jours. She’s currently at work on the sequel.

Cynthia is also the author of several nonfiction books on sex and relationships, including What Men Really Want in Bed: The Surprising Facts Men Wish Women Knew About Sex and its sequel What Women Really Want in Bed with her co-author Dana Fredsti. Both books have been translated into several languages.

She’s also the author of Secret Seductions: 62 Naughty Nights, Lusty Liaisons and Sexy Surprises and Mind-Blowing Orgasms Every Day: 365 Wild and Wicked Ways to Revitalize Your Sex Life. Secret Seductions is also available as the Sexy Seductions mini book and as The Sexy Seductions Card Deck.

Cynthia was the co-author, with David Ramsdale, of Red Hot Tantra: Erotic Secrets of Red Tantra for Intimate, Soul-to-Soul Sex and Ecstatic, Enlightened Orgasms, for which she wrote the erotica.

Cynthia has been interviewed by magazines like Glamour and Cosmopolitan for articles on sex and relationships and has been a guest on radio shows and podcasts like Sex With Emily. Her fiction and journalism has appeared in Area i, The Montserrat Review and Reed Magazine, as well as in magazines such as budget savvy. She has covered film festivals for indiWIRE.com and has written for the Literary Arts section of SFStation.com.

Cynthia has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley, where she was the recipient of the Edna Kinard Prize, the Alfred & Ruth Thompson Perassolo Scholarship and a Regent’s Fellowship. She graduated with departmental honors from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She lives in Northern California with her husband, son and two cats.