Cynthia Propper Seton was an American writer and feminist born in New York City in 1926. She began her career as a columnist for The Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where she worked for twelve years before transitioning to essays and fiction. Seton went on to publish five novels and three essay collections. Her third novel, A Fine Romance, achieved significant recognition when it was selected as a finalist for the 1977 National Book Award for Fiction. She died in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1982.