Birth Year (-Died Year)
1962
Birth City
Denver
Birth State
CO
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Author's Website
Occupation(s)
Freelance editor, writer, publisher
Biography
Cheri Gillard has been writing, editing, and publishing for over twenty-five years. As a hybrid writer and editor, she has worked for an international print magazine, written freelance for major publishing companies with projects published worldwide, and published both her own and clients’ Indie novels and nonfiction books. Offering everything from editing to formatting, securing quality graphic design, marketing with media coverage and successful book launches, she has helped authors achieve their aspirations to release the books of their dreams.
Awards/Honors
Chloe's Garden - Recipient of the Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion for excellence in Indie publishing
Education/Training
Twenty-five years of freelance writing and editing, including a magazine writer and editor for YouthWorker Journal for three years; numerous non-fiction writing projects/books for several trade publishing houses; articles in the Colorado Springs Gazette, YouthWorker Journal, Procter & Gamble's "Heard on the Floor"; freelance publisher for "We Are Beth-El Nurses: A Heritage of Caring at the Foot of Pikes Peak"
Local Authors Genres
Published Works
Group's Dinner and a Movie (Group Publishing, 2005)
Field Guide to Neighborhood Outreach (Group Publishing, 2007)
How's Your Serve (David C. Cook, 2009)
Published Works Book Jackets
Interviews
Interview with Layered Pages (n.d.)
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Writing - Editing - Mothering/Parenting - Indie publishing