Cindy Etherton

Prior to becoming an author and co-founding a writing charity, I worked in executive recruitment and coaching, taking me to 22 countries to work with teams, groups, and individuals on their effectiveness and the importance of connectedness and trust. It was a fascinating, educational, and inspirational experience dealing with cultural differences and a range of people and their unique challenges, quirks, and qualities. The work required skills in client relationships, collaboration, behavioural analysis, and the writing ability to describe character, personality, and emotional complexities in a succinct and specific way. So many inspiring and amazing life stories.

I fulfilled my long-held dream of becoming a writer during the first lockdown and devoted myself to furthering my education in creative writing, understanding the publishing and bookselling industries, and founding and developing a writing group with a difference, i.e. Real Writers Circle. I studied with Curtis Brown Creative, collaborated with specialists on manuscript development, and received generous mentorship from some leading industry figures. To test and develop ideas and enhance book launch impact and reader engagement, I’ve performed with my colleagues to audiences at the Brighton Festival, York Literary Festival, and The Coast is Queer. I’m interested in crime and criminal justice and the weirdness of human behaviour. Don’t Call This Fiction is my first published book.

My passions are reading and writing, friends and family, community, and the arts. I especially enjoy theatre and cooking. I live in Brighton and London with my adopted daughter, wife, two dogs and a cat.

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