For 11 years Cheryl Unruh wrote a weekly newspaper column, "Flyover People," for William Allen White's newspaper, The Emporia Gazette. Her books of Kansas essays, Flyover People and Waiting on the Sky, published by Quincy Press, both received Kansas Notable Book Awards. Cheryl's collection of poetry, Walking on Water, was published by Meadowlark Press. She is the editor of 105 Meadowlark Reader, a journal of Kansas creative nonfiction. Cheryl lives in Emporia, Kansas.