Born and raised in St. Albans, Vermont, Cheryl Kennedy graduated from Castleton State College where she received her degree in Communications with a concentration in Journalism. Cheryl wrote for both her high school as well as her college newspapers. While attending col-lege, she published several poems in various anthologies. In 1983 she married her college sweet-heart and moved to Rhode Island. Today Cheryl and her husband of 28 years reside in Bristol, RI. After a lengthy absence from writing while she worked and raised her two daughters, Cher-yl returned to writing with the publication of