Cynthia Green is the author of Blue Feet Monsoon, a novel exploring multigenerational, multicultural and Third Culture Kid (TCK) experience, and co‑author of the 4ᵗʰ edition of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds.
Her work includes more than one hundred publications on history, identity, culture, global mobility and TCKs.
Shaped by an internationally mobile childhood and years working as an expatriate in Asia and across Europe, she writes about belonging, movement, and intercultural life. Cynthia holds an MA in History, speaks six languages, and hosts the YouTube podcast Conversations with Cynthia. She also speaks at conferences and global mobility events.
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Fiction
A girl, a few fearless grannies, and a monsoon or two…
It’s 1981, and fifteen‑year‑old Anoushka has lived in seven countries without causing trouble — until she falls in with the sharp‑tongued old ladies of Singapore’s Saint Beatrice Hospital Elderly Ward, and everything begins to unravel in unexpected ways.
A rare and compelling example of TCK fiction in the YA genre, Blue Feet Monsoon follows Anoushka as she grows up between cultures, rebuilding her world every time she lands in a new country. Home feels everywhere and nowhere at once, and she must answer the question that won’t let her go: Who am I when everything keeps changing?
Events
✨ Upcoming…
SIETAR Polska Monthly Webinar Series
Intercultural Encounters Across Time and Geography.
Join Cynthia Green, Sebastian Jabłoński and Lidia Wiśniewska, alongside a SIETAR Polska guest speaker specialised in the topic of the month, to explore how cultures have met, clashed, adapted and learned from each other throughout history – and what these encounters can teach us about navigating today’s diverse societies.
(Online, 18:00-19:00 CET 2026)
18 Jun, 9th century China (Tang Dynasty)
17 Sep, 15-18th century (Poland and Lithuania)
22 Oct, The 14th c World Through Ibn Battuta's Eyes
19 Nov 2026, 15th c Melaka — The World's Most Cosmopolitan Port
Completed
SIETAR France Webinaire Made in France et Ailleurs: “L’expérience interculturelle et notre relation à nous-mêmes.” (Paris, France, 15 mars 2026)
Praise for blue feet monsoon
‘This is an immersive tapestry of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures. Each thread invites us to explore a rich landscape—both in terms of physical geography and human experience in which time, places, cultures and people interact. In other words, I freaking loved it!’
-MATHIEU GAGNON, PhD, TCK Research Podcast
‘A fun trip through adolescent ups and downs. I enjoyed this fast paced book about change and movement.’
-KATHLEEN GAMBLE, author of Expat Alien
‘Cynthia Green's blue feet monsoon is full of references to Singapore in the 1980s (totally my jam). Who else remembers Paya Lebar airport (precursor to fabulous new Changi)? Whoo! I do I do.’
-ANTJE RAUWERDA, PhD, Professor of British and Postcolonial Literatures
‘A sparkling transportation across generations and cultural worlds that is as moving as it is funny. You won’t want to put it down.’
-RUTH VAN REKEN, author of Letters Never Sent and Third Cultural Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds
‘So many relatable moments and resonant insights. I have a bunch of little postits sticking out of pages that validated something I’ve thought/felt. I even stayed up ‘til 1:30 in the morning to finish it!’
-LISA LIANG, writer-performer of Alien Citizen
‘A delicious novel that will immerse you in another culture and time through its evocative descriptions and lifelike characters.’
-J.K. AMERSON LÓPEZ, author of Embassy Kid
Non-fiction
Books
Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds 4th Edition
This significantly updated 4th ed of the ground-breaking, global classic on TCKs includes more international stories than ever and features new discussions on identity formation, belonging, loss & grief, resilience, and the value inherent in cross-cultural childhoods.
The Encyclopedia of International Human Resource Management and Global Talent Management
(expected 2026)
The entry on “Third Culture Kids” (TCKs)
A Selection of Articles
・#IntYALitMonth: Third Culture Kids Global Literature in Libraries Initiative
・Old Money: When We Wove Money, Selvedge Magazine
・Trading Places: How Indian cotton constructed global trade, Selvedge Magazine
・Yellow Vests in Context: Haussmann, Urban Transformation and Street Violence, The History Workshop
・The Scottish Sisters Who Pioneered Art Nouveau, JSTOR Daily
・A Short History of Whitening Creams,The Voice of Fashion
・Freddy Mercury, Addressing the Audience, The Voice of Fashion
・Maya Angelou’s Style Continents,The Voice of Fashion
・Maria Callas: Bringing Drama to the Opera, The Voice of Fashion
・A Short History of Whitening CreamsThe Voice of Fashion
・Jnanadanandini Devi’s New-Age Sari Drapes, The Voice of Fashion
・Slave to Saviour: The Nasreen Sheikh Story, The Voice of Fashion
・Coco Chanel: Flashback to World War I, The Voice of Fashion
・3か月英会話. ニュースで学ぶ’96.
・EAST MEETS WEST Amrita Sher-Gil’s fabric of the Paris years,Selvedge Magazine
・The Emperor's Red Shoes, The Voice of Fashion
・The History of Purple from Pliny to Prince, JSTOR Daily
・Calling Card: Ikats in Fashion, Selvedge Magazine
・Charlie Chaplin, Clothes That Told Stories, The Voice of Fashion
