Award-winning author Cynthia D. Bertelsen has written Mushroom: A Global History, “A Hastiness of Cooks”: A Handbook for Deciphering Historic Recipes and Cookbooks, In the Shadow of Ravens: A Novel, Wisdom Soaked in Palm Oil: Journeying Through the Food and Flavors of Africa, Meatballs & Lefse: Memories Recipes from a Scandinavian-American Farming Life, and Stoves & Suitcases: Searching for Home in the World’s Kitchens. “A Hastiness of Cooks” won the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in 2020 for the Best in Culinary History category for both the U.S. and the world. And Meatballs & Lefse: Memories Recipes from a Scandinavian-American Farming Life placed as a Finalist in the 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. She contributed numerous articles to various food encyclopedias, as well as numerous book reviews for The Roanoke Times, The New York Journal of Books, Library Journal, and The Digest of Middle Eastern Studies (DOMES). Her columns for the Cedar Key Beacon in Cedar Key, Florida covered culinary history at a time when few writers and academics paid attention to the subject. She holds a B.A. degree in Latin American Studies, an M.A in History, an M.S. in Human Nutrition and Foods, and an M.L.I.S in Library Science. Read more of her writing on her blog, “Gherkins & Tomatoes,” at gherkinstomatoes.com. Turquoise Moon Press handles all of her books.