cheryl head

@cherylhead

About

I tried lots of things before I settled down to be a writer.   

My career as a television producer, filmmaker, broadcast executive, media funder has taken me to every continent except Antarctica and Australia.  I'm an ardent observer, always trying to connect the dots.  I get help from my characters for both story and dialogue--I've learned to listen to them.  

Much of what I write will focus on diversity (in its broadest sense) because I am passionate about its merits.  But my stories are not didatic and have a heaping tablespoon of humor, danger, & fun.  Oh, and always food.  

I've written Long Way Home: A World War II Novel (available on Amazon) about the daily lives and self-discovery of two black soldiers-including a WAAC-who served stateside during WWII.  My current projects are a mystery series called The Charlie Mack Mysteries (set in Detroit with a  female Private Investigator) and another novel that chronicles one woman's spiral into homelessness.   I'm also writing and editing a gaggle of short stories about families and the situations in which they find themselves.

I live in Washington, DC but please don't blame me for that!