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Valerie Sherrard
Valerie Sherrard
Born	Valerie Anne Russell; May 16, 1957 (age 67); Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Occupation	Author
Genre	Children's Literature
Notable works	The Glory Wind
Spouse	Brent Sherrard (m. 1999)
Children	3

Valerie Anne Sherrard (née Russell: born May 16, 1957) is a Canadian author of books for children and young adults including the novels The Glory Wind, Kate, Speechless and the Shelby Belgarden mystery series.

Early life

Sherrard was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to Bob and Pauline Russell and raised in various parts of Canada. She has two brothers, Danny and Andrew. When living in Lahr, West Germany, in the sixth-grade, her homeroom teacher, Alf Lower, inspired her to become a writer.

Career

The Glory Wind won the 2011 Geoffrey Bilson Award, the Ann Connor Brimer Award and was shortlisted for other awards, including the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award.

Sherrard's novel in free verse, Counting Back from Nine, was nominated for a 2013 Governor General's Award in the Children's Text category.

Sherrard's picture books include There's a Cow Under my Bed that was illustrated by Canadian Illustrator David Jardine and Miss Wondergem's Dreadfully Dreadful Pie that was illustrated by Canadian Illustrator Wendy J. Whittingham.

Sherrard's 2007 historical novel, Three Million Acres of Flame, is about the 1825 Miramichi Fire, the largest recorded land fire in North American history.

Personal life

Sherrard currently lives in Miramichi, New Brunswick, with her husband, Brent, who is also an author. Sherrard previously was the executive director of a group home for adolescents. While raising her own three children, Anthony, Rebecca (deceased) and Pamela, she was a foster parent to approximately seventy teenagers.

Selected works

Picture and chapter books

There's a COW Under my Bed!, Tuckamore Books, 2008, Illustrated by David Jardine
There's a GOLDFISH in My Shoe!, Tuckamore Books, 2009, Illustrated by David Jardine
Miss Wondergem's Dreadfully Dreadful Pie, Tuckamore Books, 2011, Illustrated by Wendy J Whittingham
Down Here, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2015, Illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant
Cooper Clark and the Dragon Lady, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2019, Illustrated by David Jardine