Cinda Williams Chima

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Cinda Williams Chima was born in 1952 in Springfield, Ohio, and earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Akron in 1975, followed by a master's degree in nutrition from Case Western Reserve University in 1984. Before writing fiction, she worked as a clinical dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic and MetroHealth System, where she directed a clinical nutrition department and established a diabetes self-management program, and later served as an assistant professor of nutrition at the University of Akron from 2004 to 2009 while contributing health articles to The Plain Dealer. She is best known for four young-adult fantasy series set in a shared world: The Heir Chronicles (2006-2014), The Seven Realms (2009-2012), The Shattered Realms (2016-2019), and The Runstone Saga, begun in 2022. She received a Lit Award for Fiction from Cleveland's literary community in 2008 and was named one of Cleveland Magazine's Interesting People in 2009.

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Books

• The Demon King (2009) · Seven Realms Core Canon
• The Exiled Queen (2010) · Seven Realms Core Canon
• The Gray Wolf Throne (2011) · Seven Realms Core Canon
• The Crimson Crown (2012) · Seven Realms Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 4 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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