Christy Scott Cashman

Christy Scott Cashman is an American author, actress, and producer. Her debut novel, The Truth About Horses, became a bestseller and took the Benjamin Franklin Gold Award for General Fiction in 2024 from the Independent Book Publishers Association, which also gave it silver awards for Best New Voice and Teen Fiction; she launched the book in Dublin in 2023 and is co-producing the screen adaptation with Jane Seymour. She has also published two children's books, The Not-So-Average Monkey of Kilkea Castle and Petri's Next Things. Her acting work includes Edge of Darkness (2010) and The Forger (2014), as well as Joy, Ted 2, American Hustle, The Pink Panther 2, Serial Intentions and the short Descendants, and she was an executive producer of The Kids Are All Right. She co-hosted Open Book Club on New England Cable News, hosted Back Story for the CBS program Style Boston, and is a founding partner of Saint Aire Productions.