Cheryl Blackford was born in Yorkshire, England, but now lives in Minnesota where she has raised two children, four cats, and two rats (despite the cats). Having earned a BSc in Geology, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in the UK, Cheryl completed a Masters Degree in Scientific and Technical Communication at the University of Minnesota. She has worked in bakeries and child care centers, for huge companies and small companies, on highly technical written documentation and scripts for educational simulations. She has competed in triathlons and run a marathon (one was enough). Cheryl loves her family, world travel, hiking, and nature, but her favorite thing to do is to write children's books.
