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Sheri Radford

Sheri Radford is a British Columbian through and through. Born in New Westminster and raised in Ladysmith, she also called Victoria home for several years. She graduated from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing. Currently, she lives with her husband and three cats in Vancouver. A freelance writer, she is also the editor of the visitor magazines Where Vancouver and Where Whistler.

Sheri can't remember a time in her life when she wasn't writing: stories, poems, plays, articles, essays. She started writing stories for children after reading at least a zillion picture books out loud to her younger siblings.

Her first children's picture book, Penelope and the Humongous Burp, was published in spring 2004. The second book in the series, Penelope and the Monsters, came out in spring 2005. The third book, Penelope and the Preposterous Birthday Party, will be available in March 2009. Sheri is currently hard at work on more Penelope books. Seven books in total are planned for the series.

This short profile of Sheri appeared on the Scholastic website.

Several family members have commented that Penelope looks an awful lot like Sheri did as a child—even though illustrator Christine Tripp never saw any of Sheri's childhood photos. What do you think? Do you see a similarity between young Sheri and mischievous Penelope?

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Check out some of the many articles Sheri has had published in the past few years:

A member of SCBWI, CANSCAIP, CWILL BC, and Federation of BC Writers, Sheri is available for readings, talks, panel discussions, school or library visits, and media interviews. To see photos of some of Sheri's readings, click here. For more information, contact Sheri.

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