Sheryl Persson

Sheryl Persson's poems, children’s poems and stories have been published in Australia and abroad in literary journals, e-zines, anthologies and educational publications, including 'Poetrix', 'Quadrant', 'Island', 'Southerly' and Black Inc's 'Best Australian Poems'. In 2007 Ginninderra Press published 'Scarcely Random', a collection of her poems. Sheryl is also the author of four commissioned non-fiction books. 'Smallpox, Syphilis and Salvation: Medical Breakthroughs that Changed the World', was published by Exisle in June 2009. As a member of DiVerse, poets who write ekphrasis, she reads regularly at galleries and museums.