Cheryl Strayed

Cheryl Strayed is an American novelist, essayist, and memoirist whose books have been published in more than 30 languages. Her memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail chronicles her 1,100-mile solo hike on the Pacific Crest Trail after she lost her mother to cancer. Wild reached number 1 on the New York Times bestsellers list and was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Reese Witherspoon. Her book Tiny Beautiful Things, a collection of her popular Dear Sugar columns, has influenced the well-being of untold readers around the world and led to her top-rated Dear Sugars podcast. A long-time feminist activist, she served on the first board of directors for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and has been active in many feminist and progressive causes. In Statues for Equality, she is standing in a sunflower, a flower native to North America that can reach up to six feet tall, symbolizing love, loyalty, and longevity and honoring her time spent in the American wild.

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