Wilma Jo Sherrill was born and raised on a cattle ranch in central Nebraska. She spent her early adult life traveling with her miltary husband and raising four children. She returned to college in her mid-thirties to reach her life-long dream of an education degree and spent the years until her retirment as a teacher and a nanny. She now enjoys retirement in Western Nebraska and spends much of her time fulfilling another lifelong dream, writing books.