Cummings, Ricci: - Ricci Cummings was born in Niagara Falls, NY and currently resides in Connecticut with her husband, Glen. She is a retired corporate litigation attorney and former clinical social worker. Ricci also is an amateur birder and a co-editor of Chickadee Tales, a compendium of essays about the New Haven Bird Club and birding. This is her first novel, and she is now happily at work on her second.