Cheryl Unruh

Cheryl Unruh is a Kansas writer from Pawnee Rock who now lives in Emporia. She wrote a long-running Kansas column for the Emporia Gazette and has contributed commentary to Kansas Public Radio. She is the author of essay collections and poetry, including Walking on Water (Meadowlark Press, 2017) and the memoir Gravedigger's Daughter, which won Kansas Authors Club awards. Since 2021 she has edited 105 Meadowlark Reader, a semiannual anthology of true Kansas stories published by Meadowlark Press.