A Detroit native, CHERYL A. HEAD now lives on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, where she navigated a successful career as a writer, television producer, filmmaker, broadcast executive, and media funder. Her debut novel, Long Way Home: A World War II Novel, was a 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist in both the African American Literature and Historical Fiction categories. Her second novel, Bury Me When I'm Dead was a 2017 Lambda Literary Award finalist. When not writing fiction, she's a passionate blogger, and she regularly consults on a wide range of diversity issues.