Cynthia Royce

Award-winning author, Cynthia Royce (aka Cynthia Deming) was a writer and Executive Creative Consultant on the Emmy-award winning TV series, In Heat of the Night. She went on to write for numerous TV shows, including Murder, She Wrote, Diagnosis: Murder, and Colombo. Cynthia transitioned into a travel writer/photographer, contributing to such magazines as Wine Spectator and Orange Coast Magazine, as well as a coffee table book on prestige hotels in the south of France: Hospitalité dans le Sud de la France. Cynthia taught photography at several private schools in Los Angeles and the prestigious British boarding school, Downe House in SW France. She has had photography exhibits in both the United States and France and will be publishing her first photography book: Souvenirs of the Dordogne in 2022. The Road to Villa Page, 1st Place Award in Humor/Relationships at BookFest 2022, is her first foray into non-fiction literature. Photos, anecdotes, and their blog can be found at http://www.Villa-Page.com.