Cynthia Willerth, residing in Lancaster, NY, attended Buffalo State Teacher college from 1954 to 1958. She married William Willerth, December 27, 1958. From 1962 and on she raised a family. She's lead Sunday School and MYF for Sumner Love Joy United Methodist church, Junior Girl Scouts, was a Den Leader, Boy Scout Commitee Chairaman, and Assistant Cub Scout Leader.

Since 1998 she has labored on her first novel. In 2007 she partnered with her daughter Ruth Willerth to form a publishing company SmatteringsBooks. The partnerships first title is “A Matter of Honor”, which is the first book in the “Knife of Truth series. Set thousands of years after the Bible ended, “A Matter of Honor” centers around the midlife-crisis of Greylen, Teller of Tales, which links to more people and finally that big story every journalist craves.