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Sheridan Hill's engaging, powerful narratives have appeared for 30 years in Southern newspapers and magazines. Hill is the author of My Name As A Prayer, A Brighter Day, six biographies, and is co-author of the 100-year corporate history of Jefferson Pilot Corporation.

She was a featured writer at the prestigious Virginia Festival of the Book in 2008, discussing the topic, "When Life Takes A Turn." She is a regular presenter at the Blue Ridge Book and Author Showcase.

A grandmother and hospice volunteer, Hill enjoys enthusiastic audiences whenever she speaks about the importance of personal biography and the gift of grief. Her booklet, A Brighter Day: finding hope in challenging times is a grief support aid.

A native of Charlotte, NC, she now lives blissfully in the Western North Carolina mountains. Hill wrote and edited the employee newsletter for Wake Forest University/Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem (for 12,000 employees) and managed public relations for the organ donor department of North Carolina Baptist Hospital. She edited a weekly newspaper in Winston-Salem, managed public relations for the Tarheel Triad Girl Scout Council,and worked in public relations for private firms. She studied Special Education and Business Administration at Appalachian State University. She is the mother of three and the grandmother of four of the world's most precious children.

My Name As A Prayer is an intimate memoir of the healing journey between Hill and her eccentric mother during the final year of her mother's life. New York Times best-selling author William Forstchen called it, "a must-read!"

Southern biographer and author Sheridan Hill creates memoirs and is a personal historian offering archive-quality books for family history, business history and personal history.