About Sherri Maret

Sherri Maret was born and raised in Texas and has lived in many states.  She lives in the state of Washington. Her mother, grandparents (photo below), and great grandparents lived in the McAlester, OK area and they share a Choctaw ancestry.  Exploring her ancestry has led to some exciting discoveries! She is related to Joseph C. Pitchlynn (third great-grandfather) and Edward Folsum (fourth great-grandfather).  She has traced her Choctaw relatives all the way to Mississippi. Click here to view surprise relative reveal! During the publishing process it was discovered that Sherri and The Cloud Artist Choctaw illustrator, Merisha Sequoia Clark, were cousins!

Sherri’s elementary and middle school years were spent in Beeville, Corpus Christi, Portland, and Pearland.   She moved from Texas with her family to Farmington, NM where she attended junior high and graduated from Farmington High School.

She attended Eastern New Mexico University for two years and then took time off to work and then have a child.  She received a B.A. degree in English from the College of Santa Fe in NM and moved to Arizona to teach.  She attended Arizona State University to become a library media specialist.  After teaching English for three years in Mesa, AZ, she moved to PA and became a school library media specialist.

She received a M.S. degree in Education from Wilkes University in PA.  She taught in South central Pennsylvania until she decided to pursue being an author full-time.  Her teaching career spanned a little over twenty years.

She loves reading, writing, butterflies, magic, and spending time with her granddaughter.

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