Cheryl was born in Toronto and now lives in Muskoka with her husband, Randy, and her two sons, Evan and Brodie. She hold degrees in English and education from Queen's University, and her articles and stories have appeared in numerous Canadian periodicals. Cheryl makes her book publishing debut with Come Looking for Me. She completed the first draft of this work of historical fiction in three days of non-stop writing to win top honours in the 2004 Huntsville Festival of the Arts "Novel Marathon." After several more years of research and writing, her greatly expanded and refined novel is published by Blue Butterfly Books.