Cheryl Denise Bannerman is a multi-genre author of ten published works of fiction and originally from New Jersey. After only five years of self-publishing various titles, she won the 2018 Book Excellence Award for her book of poetry, Words Never Spoken, a self-improvement book offering lines for journaling and healing from an abusive relationship.

In 2020, her first book, Black Child to Black Woman: An African-American Woman Coming-of-Age Story, won the Best Books Awards in the category of African American fiction and, in 2021, the Reader's Favorite International Book Award Contest in the Urban Fiction category.

Through two divorces and the death of her parents and only child, she has turned tragedies into triumphs through her powerful will, faith in God, tenacity, and, most importantly, her quirky sense of humor. Her top seller, the hilarious, award-winning Anna Romano cozy mystery series on paperback, eBook, and audiobook, was a Semi-Finalist in the MLC Audiobook Awards with a 2020 IMDb Nomination for Book 1 of the Anna Romano Mystery Series, Cats, Cannolis, and a Curious Kidnapping.

In her first children’s book venture, she was named a Finalist in the Chanticleer Little Peeps Early Readers Fiction Award for The Gecko Without an Echo – a rhyming, watercolor illustrated book for beginner readers.

The author draws her inspiration from life experiences, observations, and lessons. Her goal in life is to keep writing and continue helping victims of abuse to heal through words — encouraging them to ‘write the pain’ via journaling, short stories, songs, and poetry.

She currently resides in Orlando, Florida. When she is not working from her home office on her virtual Training and Development business, she is at the beach watching the waves and weaving the words together for her next novel.

Bannerman’s writings continue to inspire readers to live, laugh, love, learn and grow. In the author's real and fictional world, she has learned how to create her own happy ending, one day at a time.