Sheryl Salloum was born and raised in British Columbia. Sheryl graduated from Simon Fraser University and taught in the public school and college systems. A freelance writer for over twenty years, Sheryl published Underlying Vibrations: The Photography and Life of John Vanderpant (Horsdal & Schubart) which was a finalist for the Hubert Evans Non-fi ction Book Prize. The Life and Art of Mildred Valley Thornton was short-listed for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize in 2012.