Cheryl Savageau


Cheryl Savageau is a writer and poet of Abenaki descent. Her father, Paul Savageau is French/Abenaki, her mother, Cecile Meunier Savageau, is French-Canadian.

Biography

Savageau is of Abenaki and French descent.
She was a founding member of a storytelling group who told stories in concert to adults as well as to children in schools and libraries.
Her children's book, Muskrat Will Be Swimming, was a Smithsonian Notable Book, won the Skipping Stones Award for children's Environmental Books, and the Best Children's Book Award, from Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers.
For her work mentoring young and beginning writers, she was awarded Mentor of the Year from Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers.
Also a visual artist, she has exhibited her quilts, paintings and other works. ref>

Publications

Poetry

Children's books

Anthology contributions

Poetry from Sojourner: A Feminist Anthology. Ruth Lepson, ed. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois. 2004
Sunken Garden Poetry. Brad Davis, ed. Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Ct. 2012