Sheri Radford is a British Columbian author. She was born in New Westminster and she was raised in Ladysmith. She also lived in Victoria for several years and she currently lives in Vancouver. Sheri has written stories, poems, plays, articles and essays throughout her life. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing from the University of Victoria. Sheri is the editor of Where Vancouver magazine and Where Whistler magazine. She has written two children books called Penelope and the Humongous Burp and Penelope and the Monsters. The third book in the Penelope series, Penelope and the Preposterous Birthday Party, will be published in March 2009. Her books have won several awards.