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Cindy Burkart Maynard

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Cindy Burkart Maynard is passionate for history and the natural world. Her characters come to life showing the reader what it was like to live in another time and place. She has published four historical fiction novels and is two nonfiction works about the Colorado Plateau and the desert southwest.

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Winner:
Colorado Authors League award for Western literature
WILLA Finalist Award for soft cover fiction.
Marie M. Irvine award for Literary Excellence
Chanticleer National Book Award
Top Shelf Book award
Reader's Favorite Five Star Award

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	Soyala: Daughter of the Desert 4.48 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anastasia’s Book of Days 4.63 avg rating — 32 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding the Way 4.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Esperanza's Way: Book Two: The Seekers Series by Cindy Burkart Maynard (Goodreads Author), Historium Press 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Psychedelics and the Soul: A Mythic Guide to Psychedelic Healing, Depth Psychology, and Cultural Repair

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