Sherry Monahan is the author of four published books on the Victorian West: Taste of Tombstone, which won two 1999 Glyph Awards; Pikes Peak: Adventurers, Communities and Lifestyles, which was an AASLH finalist; The Wicked West: Boozers, Cruisers, Gamblers, and More, and Tombstone’s Treasure: Silver Mines & Golden Saloons.
She is currently working on To California and Back, which is a true story of an aristocratic family who settled the rugged land of Lake County, California in the 1880s.
Sherry has been on the History Channel in many shows, including Cowboys and Outlaws: Wyatt Earp, she co-hosted an episode of the Lost Worlds: Sin City of the West (Deadwood), Investigating History and two of the Wild West Tech shows. She was given a Wrangler in the 2010 Western Heritage Awards for her performance in the Cowboys and Outlaws show.
She has her own Frontier Fare column in and is a contributing editor for True West magazine. Other publications include the Tombstone Times, Tombstone Tumbleweed, Tombstone Epitaph, Arizona Highways, and other freelance works. She was a contributor to The Best of the Best of Arizona and Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work and Best of the Best from Arizona.
In addition to her western books, Sherry has written three local history books on North Carolina towns. They capture the history of Apex and Cary through 200+ images and historical details and recollections. Southport will be released in June 2012.
