Oliver, Cheryl

Cheryl Oliver-Castor Dick grew up in northern Virginia. So close to Washington D.C. that the local news was also the national news. When she learned to read she would read books. Not just any books. Growing up she read Nancy Drew Mysteries, and the Hardy Boys, but her main interest was in stories written about history. As a small girl she would visit the Library of Congress with her grandmother, Alice Lee Simpson and would help her do research. The love for books grew when she saw how many books there were on the shelves on the main floor. That was not all of them. There were many stored on ot...