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Sunlit stone ruins, lush woodland, and a shadowed archway evoke the vivid settings of Cynthia Chatman’s fiction. Her writing combines close observation with atmosphere and curiosity about the lives unfolding within a place.

Writing 

As a visual artist and filmmaker, Cynthia Chatman has long told stories through images. Fiction gives her something different: the freedom to move inside a character’s mind and explore thoughts, memories, contradictions, and emotions that cannot always be seen from the outside. Writing allows her to remain with her characters longer and follow their inner lives in ways that painting and film do not.
 
Her current novels in progress are The Sapling and Ms. Marlow Investigates.
 
The Sapling
 
Set in contemporary Washington, D.C., The Sapling follows a young man whose life changes dramatically as he begins discovering a world that had previously been denied him.
 
Ms. Marlow Investigates
 
Ms. Marlow Investigates is a darkly unconventional take on the traditional village mystery, where appearances and assumptions prove less reliable than they first seem.

Two men kneel in rich soil to plant a young tree, their shared care echoing themes of growth, connection, and belonging. Explore The Sapling, Cynthia Chatman’s contemporary novel in progress set in Washington, D.C.
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The Sapling
A young man emerging from years of confinement seeks freedom, belonging, and intimacy in contemporary Washington, D.C. Explore Cynthia Chatman’s novel in progress, The Sapling.
Autumn light warms a village street where people linger beneath striped shop awnings and converse at a café table. Explore Ms. Marlow Investigates, Cynthia Chatman’s novel in progress, where closely observed village life becomes the setting for an unconventional mystery.
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Ms. Marlow Investigates
An unconventional village mystery where suspicion and deceptive appearances unsettle everyday life. Explore Cynthia Chatman’s novel in progress, Ms. Marlow Investigates.
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The Sapling
A young man emerging from years of confinement seeks freedom, belonging, and intimacy in contemporary Washington, D.C. Explore Cynthia Chatman’s novel in progress, The Sapling.
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