Sheri Benning grew up on a farm outside of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, and spends much of her time at her parents' fishing lodge on Nemeiben Lake near LaRonge in the north of the province. She recently completed a B.A. Hens. in English at the University of Saskatchewan, where she also studied Creative Writing with Tim Lilburn, Hilary Clark, and John Livingstone Clark. Benning received first place in CV2's Inside Out writing contest, and her poetry has been published in a number of Canadian literary journals and magazines.
