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Sheryle Cruse

Author and speaker Sheryle Cruse has explored many styles of the creative craft. A graduate from Southwest Minnesota State University and a native of the state, she has written such published poetry as 1998’s “Orange” from Bomb Threat Checklist, won awards for multimedia entries, such as a 1996 Honorable Mention for the Heritage Faith piece, “Folds” and 2000’s Images of Faith exhibit, “Rainbow.” She has also experimented with both plays and performance art, including 1994’s “And You Don’t Know the Half of It” and the 1997 Open Circle Church performance piece, “The Audition.” Sheryle’s passion has been toward encouraging and empowering both young girls and women to come to a personal relationship with Christ and live their lives free from the damage of their life experiences. This is most recently displayed in her Christian self-help book on eating disorders, Thin Enough: My Spiritual Journey Through the Living Death of an Eating Disorder. Released by New Hope Publishers in February, 2006, it is Cruse’s first book, a project over ten years in the making. It is a personal journey from “glory to glory” (2 Corinthians 3:18) for Sheryle, as well as a spiritual war cry to girls and women everywhere to rise in Christ,  no matter what disorder, obstacle or argument tries to come against them. Sheryle Cruse currently lives in Minnesota with her husband, Russell, their two cats and is working on a number of Christian self-help projects and devotionals.

If you have questions or comments for Sheryle, feel free to email her. Sheryle also has a My Space Blog, check it out!