Editor’s note: This story was updated on January 5, 2025. Cindy, many of our readers will recognize you as the past executive director of NAMI Rhode Island and the former assistant director of the Hassenfeld Institute for Public Leadership at Bryant University, among other positions. And many will know you as the current executive director of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust. But you have just opened a new chapter as an author. Congratulations! Your recently completed historical novel is If the Sea Must be Your Home. We’ll get into it momentarily, but first, what inspired you to write a novel? I have … Continue reading Q & A with author Cindy Elder