Sheryl Fawcett grew up primarily in Knoxville, Iowa, and attended Grinnell College. She married her high school sweetheart, Rich. Today they live in Omaha, Nebraska. They raised two daughters, who blessed them with four granddaughters. Her career path has ranged from owning and operating a dance school to selling residential real estate, with the intervening years busy with volunteer work. She has written from time to time throughout her adult life, both fiction and non-fiction, first publishing in 2012.