Pacific Northwest novelist Cheryl Grey Bostrom writes lyrical, surprising fiction rooted in the natural world and the complicated territory of the human heart.
Her novel What the River Keeps earned a prized Kirkus Star and rare company as one of only two adult fiction titles named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Indies list for June 2025. Her previous novels Sugar Birds and Leaning on Air have won more than two dozen literary awards across both the general and Christian markets.
Her short-form work appears in literary and scientific publications, and her Substack newsletter Birds in the Hand draws readers of literary nature writing and fiction worldwide.
She is at work on a historical novel set in the Pacific Northwest.
An avid birder and nature photographer, Cheryl lives in rural Washington State with her veterinarian husband and a pack of half-trained Gordon setters.
Pacific Northwest novelist Cheryl Grey Bostrom writes lyrical, surprising fiction rooted in the natural world and the complicated territory of the human heart.
Her novel What the River Keeps earned a prized Kirkus Star and rare company as one of only two adult fiction titles named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Indies list for June 2025. Her previous novels Sugar Birds and Leaning on Air have won more than two dozen literary awards across both the...
In the beautiful Pacific Northwest, a reclusive biologist returns to her childhood home on the Elwha River, where she must untangle her mysterious past . . . or lose her mind.
“Bostrom’s writing is vivid . . . moving and satisfying. A touching love story.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS (Starred Review)
Named a "Best Indies Book of June 2025" — KIRKUS REVIEWS
Equine surgeon Burnaby and hawk-researcher Celia navigate sabotage, loss, and neurodivergence in a most unusual love story.
They last spoke as teens—but on a country road twelve years later, a surprise encounter reunites ornithologist Celia Burke with equine surgeon Burnaby Hayes, and they dive into a love...
Young Aggie lights a tragic fire, then flees into a Pacific Northwest forest, evading searchers who must bring her home before wilderness claims them all. Sugar Birds is "A true page-turner . . . an engrossing tale of survival and redemption." —KIRKUS REVIEWS.
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON STATE, 1985
For years, Harris Hayes has taught his daughter,...
