Born: 10/07/1951   Detroit , MI
Parents: Reese L. and Dava Helen James
Spouse: Eric T. Vigmostad
Children: Teresa, Kelsey
Address(es):
Permanent :
7632 Brookview Ct.
Brighton , MI 48116
USA
Contact Information:
Phone : 810-227-7506

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Michigan legends : folktales and lore from the Great Lakes state	Folklore , Michigan	Adult , Teen	Ann Arbor, MI : The University of Michigan Press	2013
	University of Michigan-Dearborn's Model T challenge : how a team of engineering students designed a Model T for the 21st century	Non Fiction , Michigan	Adult , Teen	Dearborn, MI : College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan-Dearborn	2009
	The Life and Wisdom of Gwen Frostic	Biography , Michigan	Adult	Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press	1999
	The rolling pin debate : battered men say their stories are being ignored	Non Fiction , Michigan	Adult	Detroit, MI : Detroit Free Press	1995

What is the aim or goal of your writing: Diligence, persistence in learning the craft of writing, luck and a lot of help from many people. My work ethic is traditional: I believe in earning the money someone pays you. I believe that only hard work brings results. I believe that hard work is made easiest when you love what you do.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Name	Date
Detroit Press Foundation, First Place Feature Writing	1999
Detroit Press Foundation First Place Feature Writing	1997
Michigan Press Association, First Place Human Interest Feature and First Place Enterprise Feature	1997
Detroit Press Foundation , 2nd Place Feature Writing	1996
Wade H. McCree Jr. Award 2nd Place	1995
Pulitzer Prize: Feature Writing: "A Gift Abandoned", St. Petersburg Press, February 18-21	1991
Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, 1st Place Features	1990
Penny-Missouri Award	1985

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15?/aJames%2C+Sheryl./ajames+sheryl/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&FF=ajames+sheryl&1%2C5%2C

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