Cindy Samantha Christmas (born February 27, 1985) is a Barbadian-American Author, illustrator & Poet. Cindy is mostly known for her poetry. Cindy's last name Christmas was originated from Dominica. Around January 1998, Cindy moved to the United States with her mother, who lived in Maryland. Cindy began to write at age thirteen as a way of expressing her feelings, because she was very shy. At eighteen years old, Cindy decided to write a poem as a joke and send it to an online company, but to her surprise the company liked her poem and wanted her permission to publish her poem into their book. That inspired Cindy to publish her first book Adult Poems (2003). Cindy has written over 50 books.