Susan Jean Ricci

Susan Jean Ricci is a USA Today, Multi-Award-Winning Author, and is best known for her Cindy's Crusades Series, starring the hilarious duo Cindy and Jay DeMatteo. These characters were first introduced in the multi-award-winning novel Dinosaurs and Cherry Stems and return to entertain you in its sequel The Sugar Ticket. The third story Don't Bruise the Bananas was released in 2021, and Ms. Ricci is currently composing the next saga in the Cindy’s Crusades series Kissing Off the Maelstrom, releasing in 2025. Cindy and Jay's mischief-making continues in these shorts: A Sweet Snafu, Christmas with Niagara, His Sacred Vow, Passion's Secret Ingredient, and Turning up the Heat. The Love's Salvation series includes contemporary stand-alone works of fiction and short stories, and her newest series Wicked Moments launched in 2024. Ms. Ricci’s only nonfiction title, Running On All Fours, was a best-selling RONE Finalist in 2022 and was penned with true love. Celebrate Christmas all year long with the Love for the Holidays Series – the latest will be released November 2024. A member of the RWA, The Authors' Billboard, the Independent Authors' Network, and AllAuthor, Ms. Ricci creates Women’s Fiction, Humor, Romance, and Romantic Suspense. Many of her titles earned various awards and have been recognized as Novella and Holiday Novellas in the IAN 2022, Semi-Finalist in the Kindle Book Review Awards 2022, Novella Finalist with the IAN 2021, Outstanding Novella Award Winner with the IAN 2020, Gold Medal Award Winner in the Reader’s Favorite Awards 2020, and Finalist in the Outstanding Novellas Categories 2019,2018, 2017, the Women's Outstanding Fiction Winner in the IAN 2016, Bronze Award Winner for Humor in the Reader’s Favorite Awards and Silver Awards in the Global eBook Awards 2015.