About Me
Cheryl Simon has been creating picture books since 4th grade when she attended her first Young Authors Conference. As a school social worker turned parent volunteer, she’ll find any excuse to visit a classroom.
She officially put pen to paper when the pandemic forced her to get quiet and listen to her inner voice. The past three years have been immersed with webinars, connecting with two dynamic critique groups, reading picture books, going to the library, collecting ideas and of course, writing, writing and more writing (even if it's on the back of a grocery receipt).
She spends her free time walking or paddle boarding on Chicago’s lakefront with her husband, baking chocolate chip cookies for her three ravenous kids and looking for “wow moments” she can weave into stories. She earned honorable mention in the 2023 50 Precious Words Contest and the 2023 Kids’ Choice Kidlit Writing Contest and is a member of SCBWI, Julie Hedlund's 12x12, a 2022 Write Mentor Scholarship Recipient and 2023 PB Rising Stars Mentee.


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My Favorite Books:
Becoming Blue by Ellen Tarlow
Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller
Books Aren’t For Eating by Carlie Sorosiak
The Boy Who Love Maps by Kari Allen
I’ll Go and Come Back by Rajani LaRocca
The Tower of Life by Chana Stiefel
The Worm Family Has It’s Picture Taken by Jennifer Frank













