About the Author

Cheryl Bartlam DuBois grew up in Richmond, Virginia and spent many years boating on the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia's many rivers and tributaries.DuBois studied Painting, Printmaking, Photography, and World Religion at VCU in Richmond and moved to Florida to start a sailing charter company, where she was one of the first women in the U.S. to receive her Captain's License. DuBois moved her charter business to St. Maarten, Netherland Antilles and St. Barth, French West Indies in the Caribbean, where she owned and ran a 50' Spronk catamaran for many years. There, she received an education in life in the Banana Republic and in that eternal search for Paradise.Today, DuBois lives and works in Los Angeles, California as a writer, producer, and director for film and television.