Press Kit

Cynthia Ruchti is the current president of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), which she’s served in various volunteer capacities since shortly after she became a member in 2002. In her role as president of ACFW, Cynthia writes a monthly “From the President” column for ACFW’s  Afictionadoezine. For two years she was one of four humor columnists for  Afictionado’s “Let There Be Lite.”  In 2007, she was the recipient of the ACFW Member Service Award. In 2008, Cynthia won second place for Women’s Fiction in ACFW’s prestigious Genesis Contest.

Her debut novel, THEY ALMOST ALWAYS COME HOME released in spring 2010 with Abingdon Press. She’s represented by Wendy Lawton of Books & Such Literary Agency.

THEY ALMOST ALWAYS COME HOME took honors as the first novel to hold the number one position of all free Kindle downloads when the Kindle download list was first split.

In November, 2010, Romantic Times Reviewers Choice nominated THEY ALMOST ALWAYS COME HOME for 2010 Inspirational Book of the Year. Read more here: http://www.cbanews.org/article.php?id=2316 and here http://www.rtbookreviews.com/rt-awards/nominees-and-winners?award_type=book&year=2010 (scroll down to Inspirational category, Suspense).

September 2010 saw the release of “The Heart’s Harbor” in A DOOR COUNTY CHRISTMAS novella collection from Barbour Publishing.

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Cynthia writes stories of hope that glows in the dark, merging her love for storytelling with inextinguishable hope for inexpressible hurts. Her novels in progress include On the Night He Was Betrayed, All My Belongings, Jaded, and Afraid of the Light.

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The radio broadcast Cynthia writes and produces–The Heartbeat of the Home–is celebrating its 31st year of ministry. The scripted radio drama/devotional broadcast airs on 16 radio stations and two cable/digital television stations. Cynthia is the editor of the ministry’s Backyard Friends magazine, a twenty-page, twice annual publication that reaches 5,000 homes, churches, and parachurch outreaches.

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Cynthia’s articles have appeared in a number of publications, including Christian Communicator, Victory In Grace, Quality of Life Times, and others. Her essay “Reading by Flashlight, Writing by Heart” appears in Cup of Comfort for Writers. She also has an essay in Writing So Heaven Will Be Different, a compilation commemorating the 35th year of the Write-to-Publish writers conference. She writes a monthly column for Wisconsin Christian News and has written a number of feature articles for that publication.

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Cynthia spends her days diving into words, worship, and wonder and celebrating 37 years of marriage, three grown children, and five exceptional grandchildren. One of her greatest joys is helping other writers grow in their craft. To that end, she is the assistant director and a faculty member of the Quad Cities Christian Writers Conference, has served as worship and devotions staff for the Write-to-Publish conference, and teaches at other conferences as opportunities arise. She speaks to women’s groups, at mother-daughter banquets, and for women’s refresher days and retreats. It is her delight to serve on her church’s worship team. Rather than “busy,”  she likes the term “active.”