Cheryl is a classical pianist. She loved the sound of words and as she has stated, My father would recite Chaucer,Coleridge and Robert Burns complete with brogue, at the dinner table.
Cheryl states: "When I married into a Hindu Braham family, I began to write seriously as a way to penetrate the protocol of another culture. My novel, Shiva's Arms, and my latest collection of poems , Samsara ,explore South Indian life."
She has been nominated for a Pushcart three times and is a Book Reviews Editor for Alsop Review.
