Summer of Sunflowers - Paperback

by Jennifer Woodty (Editor), Cynthia Woodty (Author)

Summer of Sunflowers is a fiction, murder/mystery novel, told from the perspective of 16-year old Shannon Scott returns to the Navajo reservation to spend a summer with her grandmother. What she expects is a peaceful summer and a break from her hectic city life in Los Angeles, but what she encounters is a dramatic summer of peculiar and unexpected events-a surprise visit from strangers, the murder of a local Navajo man, a new love interest, and reliving memories she thought she had tucked away for good.

Author Biography

Cynthia Woodty was born March 9, 1976, in Winslow, Arizona to a large Navajo family. She grew up on the Navajo reservation and attended Leupp Boarding School in Leupp, Arizona for her elementary and junior high school years. She graduated from Winslow High School in 1994 and continued her education at various institutes in Phoenix, Arizona. She began a career in the Information Technology field, and holds a position at a global data storage company. In addition to her passion for computers, she has always had a passion for writing and began writing her 410-page murder/mystery novel, titled Summer of Sunflowers, in 2005. With three children at home and a full-time job, she managed to find time in the early morning hours and late at night, to write, edit, and publish her novel. She is a self-published author and chose to use Createspace.com to finish her book. Summer of Sunflowers is Cynthia Woodty's first novel. She continues to live with her family in Phoenix, Arizona.