Sherry Robinson is an award-winning American fiction writer, whose three novels include Blessed (2019), Shadows Hold Their Breath (2022), and Echo Her Lovely Bones (2022, special revised edition). She holds a PhD in English from the University of Kentucky, and an MA in English and MFA in creative writing from Eastern Kentucky University. Robinson is a native of Lexington, Kentucky. She is the retired vice provost and professor of English at Eastern Kentucky University, where she spent thirteen years specializing in American literature before moving into administrative positions.