Sherrill Nilson

Sherrill Nilson used to raise horses. Now she writes about flying horses--with hawk heads and wicked talons. Author of the Adalta Series, she's been a cattle rancher, horse breeder, environmentalist, mother of three, traveler to exotic places-even a tarot card reader. She's lived in Santa Fe and Ruidoso, NM, San Francisco, and Austin after leaving the hills of Eastern Oklahoma and her ranch. She has a Ph.D., and her studies opened her to the world of ancient myth and story. The rigor of writing...See more

Sherrill Nilson used to raise horses. Now she writes about flying horses--with hawk heads and wicked talons. Author of the Adalta Series, she's been a cattle rancher, horse breeder, environmentalist, mother of three, traveler to exotic places-even a tarot card reader. She's lived in Santa Fe and Ruidoso, NM, San Francisco, and Austin after leaving the hills of Eastern Oklahoma and her ranch. She has a Ph.D., and her studies opened her to the world of ancient myth and story. The rigor of writing so many papers and her dissertation suited her. But her goal, since she was very young, was to write books She loves science fiction and fantasy and is a prolific reader.So, she took a leap of faith and embarked on writing Karda and Hunter-the first two books in the Adalta series. She's now working on Falling, the third book, and lurking in the back of her mind is another series about the trees deciding whether or not to leave earth. She lives, writes, and reads Sci-Fi/fantasy in Tulsa, Oklahoma--back where she started as the oldest of seven kids (don't ask to drive), three of whom are writers who love telling each other how they should write. "Sometimes," she says, "They're mean to me and use too much red ink." She doesn't have a dog, a cat, or even a bird, but she does have an old Volvo convertible and loves to drive around with the wind blowing her hair. It's how she gets her vitamin D. See less