Cynthia Freeman

Beatrice Cynthia Freeman (c. 1915 – October 22, 1988), later Beatrice Feinberg, best-known under the pen name Cynthia Freeman, was an American romance novelist. She was known for multigenerational romances centered on Jewish family life and the drama of immigration and cultural assimilation.

Early life and marriage Freeman was born in New York City around 1915 to Albert C. and Sylvia Jeannette (Hack) Freeman and shortly after her birth moved to San Francisco, California. She was Jewish. was No.10 on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1981 as determined by The New York Times. Her books were translated into thirty-three languages.

End of life Freeman's husband died in May 1986 and her daughter died in a car accident in 1985.

She died of cancer in San Francisco on October 22, 1988, aged 73.