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Cynthia Flood (b. September 17, 1940) is a Canadian short-story writer and novelist. The daughter of novelist Luella Creighton and historian Donald Creighton, she grew up in Toronto (with 2 years in England). After attending the University of Toronto she spent some years in the US, and came to British Columbia in 1969.

Cynthia Flood's two collections of short stories are The Animals In Their Elements (Talonbooks 1987) and My Father Took A Cake To France (Talonbooks 1992). The title story of the latter won the Journey Prize in 1990. Her short fiction has been published in many Canadian literary magazines and widely anthologized, and has appeared in Best Canadian Stories three times. Her first novel was Making A Stone of the Heart (Key Porter 2002).

She has been active in many socialist, feminist, anti-war, and environmental groups, and in the faculty union during her years as an English instructor at Langara College. She has also taught creative writing in Simon Fraser University's Writing & Publishing program. Cynthia remains connected politically but focuses on writing.

Cynthia is a member of the Writers' Union of Canada, PEN, and the Federation of BC Writers.

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