Sheri Holman grew up outside of Richmond, Virginia and attended the College of William and Mary where she majored in Theatre. After a few years acting professionally, she made the move to publishing, as the assistant to literary agent Molly Friedrich.
A Stolen Tongue, her first novel, was published by Grove/Atlantic in 1997 and was translated into thirteen languages. The Dress Lodger, also from Grove/Atlantic followed in 2000, and was a national bestseller. It was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, one of the New York Public Library's Books to Remember, and was long-listed for an Dublin IMPAC award. The Mammoth Cheese (Grove/Atlantic 2003), her third adult novel, was named a Publisher's Weekly and San Francisco Chronicle Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the UK's Orange Prize.
Her latest novel, Witches on the Road Tonight was a NYTBR Editor's Choice, the recipient of the Independent Publisher's Gold Medal for Literary Fiction, winner of the 2011 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel, and named a Book of the Year by the Boston Globe, the Toronto Globe and Mail, and PopMatters. She adapted that novel into a television pilot now in development with Universal Television as "The Crooked Road."
Sheri splits her time between New York and Los Angeles where she is currently a writer-producer on Barkskins, the upcoming National Geographic series based on Annie Proulx's acclaimed novel. Before that, she spent three seasons writing for the Netflix Original series, Longmire. Sheri has taught Dramatic Writing at NYU and is developing television projects of her own. She is a founding member of The Moth, and her stories can be heard on The Moth Podcast and Moth Radio Hour.
A Stolen Tongue, her first novel, was published by Grove/Atlantic in 1997 and was translated into thirteen languages. The Dress Lodger, also from Grove/Atlantic followed in 2000, and was a national bestseller. It was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, one of the New York Public Library's Books to Remember, and was long-listed for an Dublin IMPAC award. The Mammoth Cheese (Grove/Atlantic 2003), her third adult novel, was named a Publisher's Weekly and San Francisco Chronicle Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the UK's Orange Prize.
Her latest novel, Witches on the Road Tonight was a NYTBR Editor's Choice, the recipient of the Independent Publisher's Gold Medal for Literary Fiction, winner of the 2011 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel, and named a Book of the Year by the Boston Globe, the Toronto Globe and Mail, and PopMatters. She adapted that novel into a television pilot now in development with Universal Television as "The Crooked Road."
Sheri splits her time between New York and Los Angeles where she is currently a writer-producer on Barkskins, the upcoming National Geographic series based on Annie Proulx's acclaimed novel. Before that, she spent three seasons writing for the Netflix Original series, Longmire. Sheri has taught Dramatic Writing at NYU and is developing television projects of her own. She is a founding member of The Moth, and her stories can be heard on The Moth Podcast and Moth Radio Hour.