Cheryl Swayne
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Horse Shoer, farrier, writer |
| Location | Kansas |
| Introduction | I am a professional farrier and a writer. When I was a kid I wanted to be a horseshoer, but that was a long time ago and girls were not encouraged to learn the trade. As an adult, I had an opportunity to fulfill that dream. I went to a farrier school, then apprenticed for two years. I am currently working full time as a farrier. I found the work so amusing and so full of life that it has spilled into a set of novels who's main character is an older female farrier named Smokey Westford. I hope someday to publish the series for your enjoyment. I spend my leisure time volunteering as a board member for the Meriden Library, as a Master Gardener, and sorting books with the Topeka and Shawne County Friends of the Library. |
| Interests | horses, gardening, hiking, movies, books,libraries, cats |
| Favorite movies | Tomb Raider, Congo, Sahara, SWAT, Best in Show, Oceans 11, Die Hard, Fifth Element, The Ring, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, Brining Up Baby, Hatari!, Silverado, McClintock, The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill and Came Down A Mountain, Tremors and about a thousand more. |
| Favorite music | Vivaldi 4 Seasons, Moby, Led Zepplin, Jimmy Buffet, Dirty Vegas, Carole King, U2, Paul Hardcastle, John Klemmer |
| Favorite books | Any Spenser novel, the books list is too numberous so by authors they are, Robert B. Parker, all of the Bloodhound Books, Nevada Barr, anything Douglas Preston/Lincoln Childs, Michael Crichton, Dorothy Gilman, Louis L'Amour, Clive Cussler, Linda Barnes, F. Paul Wilson, Jude Deveraux, Dan Brown, and Lilian Jackson Braun. |