Sharon was born in South Euclid, Ohio a suburb of Cleveland, and grew up there with her noisy and rowdy family: her parents (Ann and Arvel), her sister (Sandy), and her three brothers (Dennis, Doug and Tom). In the summer, they usually took a trip, they all piled in a car and heading out to Wisconsin or Michigan or once to Idaho. Her trip to Idaho was the inspiration for her book Walk Two Moons.

When Sharon was young she wanted to be many things when she grew up: a painter, an ice skater, a singer, a teacher, and a reporter. She says it soon became apparent that she had little drawing talent, very limited tolerance for falling on ice, and absolutely no ability to stay in tune when singing. Sharon also soon learned that she would make a terrible reporter because when she didn’t like the facts she changed them. It was in college, where she took literature and writing courses, that she became intrigued with story telling.

She is the winner of the Newbery medal for her novel Walk Two Moons, which was also shortlisted for the Smarties Book Prize and received a Mind Boggling Books Award and a United Kingdom Reading Association Award. Chasing Redbird was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award.

Sharon is married to Lyle Rigg, a headmaster in New Jersey and they have two grown children: Rob and Karin.

Website: http://www.sharoncreech.com

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