Sherwood de Visser

SHERWOOD DE VISSER survived school and began working in the local canneries in Fremont, Michigan. Soon bored, he traveled the world, visiting the West, the Deep South, and Upstate New York, and back to Michigan. He graduated from Central Michigan University, earning his bachelor's in history and English. In 1983, he won the prestigious Cranbrook Grand Prize Award for Historical Fiction. Raspberry Wars: My Boyhood through Berries, Bullying, and Bravery is Sherwood's first memoir. He and Anita,...See more

SHERWOOD DE VISSER survived school and began working in the local canneries in Fremont, Michigan. Soon bored, he traveled the world, visiting the West, the Deep South, and Upstate New York, and back to Michigan. He graduated from Central Michigan University, earning his bachelor's in history and English. In 1983, he won the prestigious Cranbrook Grand Prize Award for Historical Fiction. Raspberry Wars: My Boyhood through Berries, Bullying, and Bravery is Sherwood's first memoir. He and Anita, his wife of thirty-eight years, live in Michigan. Learn more at www.sherwooddevisser.com. See less