Cynthia W. Hammer was born near Baltimore, MD.
In 1979, when Cynthia was 12 years of age, she pulled her youngest brother out of the frozen Severn River adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay. She saved his life. During that same time, she was attacked by nine bullies on a school playground.
These events impacted her tremendously. Iceburg is a novel based on those two events.
The genre is young adult and topics revolve around bullying, over coming adversities, and courage and the testing of faith.
Iceburg marks the first of what Cynthia hopes to be many successful books. She is currently working on her second novel.
HAMMERING AWAY
(on the radio)
SATURDAY EVENINGS AT 7 P.M.
Cynthia W. Hammer is a motivational and inspirational speaker, known
for her dynamic, direct and humorous approach. She is the author of
the young adult novel "Iceburg," which propelled her into classrooms
across the country to speak to middle school students about bullying.
Having studied business at AACC, she published articles in Gettysburg
Times and Shockwave magazine.
Cynthia was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and lived near the city of
Annapolis, in a little town called Crownsville, the fifth sibling of
six children. After living there for 33 years, she moved to Baltimore
and met her husband Steven J. Hammer, who is a gifted percussionist
who studied at the Peabody Institute. They have been married for 16
years. The two decided to pursue their dreams in earnest and she
published "Iceburg" while driving across the country. She landed in
Calabasas, and at that time she launched her bicoastal book tour.
Interviewing on several radio shows, making front-page headlines, and
signing over 5,000 books, she earned the Irwin Award for Best
Marketing Campaign.
Cynthia is bringing her talk show, "Hammering Away," to KCAA radio.
Segments include "The Tip of the Iceburg," which will highlight her
and her guests' views on hot news topics of the week. There will also
be the serious discussion of bullying and inspiring stories on how to
overcome it. The show will also feature a segment with a twist of a
comedy.
