Cheri's Books & Music

I'm a writer and editor living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. My books include a chapbook of poems, Fun & Games, published by Finishing Line Press; two series of nonfiction books for young readers written for Full Tilt Press; and a literary mystery, The Girl in Duluth, published under the name Sigrid Brown in 2022. The Girl in Duluth won a Midwest Book Award from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association and my novel manuscript Annika Rose won the 2022 Women's Prose Prize from Red Hen Press and will be published by Red Hen in the spring of 2024. My work has been reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Portland Book Review, School Library Journal, and Booklist.

I offer feedback, editing, and proofreading through the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. Keep up with my events and news and check out my thoughts on books and the performing arts on Instagram @CheriJohnsonArt and on Goodreads.

Cover photo by Sari Fordham. Head shot by Eric Struve.

Cheri Johnson is a fiscal year 2012 recipient of an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.