Cynthia Lapena began writing when she was a very young child and wrote for school publications throughout her youth. Her literary works center mainly around poetry and some short fiction, besides numerous essays and academic papers. She is an avid reader of fiction and has always dreamed of publishing novels. She recently completed her first novel, The Lost Amulets, which she entered in the online Next Best Author Contest. Since she migrated to Canada in 2007, she has written several reviews for onrpei.ca and maintains a blog (mimrlith.wordpress.com) where she shares poetry, essays, art and ot...