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Sherrill S Cannon's Biography

Member Info

Great Bend, PA
50th Anniversary - June 18, 2010
Sep 2010

>I am a former teacher and the author of four rhymed children’s stories, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys, Santa’s Birthday Gift and The Magic Word and "Gimme-Jimmy" by Sherrill S. Cannon.   Six of my children's plays, Have You Seen My Little Lamb?, The King's Spell, The Wonderful World of Weather, When You Wish Upon a Star...fish, "ABC December" and "WE Have Character" are published by Lazy Bee Scripts (the last three of which are co-authored by Kerry E. Gallagher).   In addition, I also have written several published poems. I am a magna cum laude graduate of The American University in Washington DC, and in addition to teaching and tutoring, have been a, photographer, publicist, stage manager, and a business administrator.  I am now retired, if one can call an author “retired”!

Influences

Dr. Seuss, Sara Teasdale, Emily Dickenson

Upcoming Works

Gimme Jimmy - a rhymed children's story about a little boy who has to learn to not be greedy.

Agents

WL Childrens Agency

Recommended Links

Publishers

Strategic Books, Eloquent Books (both AEG)

Interests & Hobbies

Writing rhymed children's stories and plays

Writing plays for elementary schools

RVing

Reading

Family time