Cheryl Nyland (1968-09-17) September 17, 1968 (age 55) Spangler, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation
Writer
speaker
podcast host
Education
University of St. Thomas University of Minnesota (BA) Syracuse University (MFA)
Subject
Memoir, fiction, personal essays, advice
Notable works
Torch Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Brave Enough
Spouse
Marco Littig
(m. 1988; div. 1995)
Brian Lindstrom
(m. 1999)
Children
2
Cheryl Strayed (/ˈstreɪd/; née Nyland; born September 17, 1968) is an American writer and podcast host. She has written four books: the novel Torch (2006) and the nonfiction books Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (2012), Tiny Beautiful Things (2012) and Brave Enough (2015). Wild, the story of Strayed's 1995 hike up the Pacific Crest Trail, is an international bestseller and was adapted into the 2014 Academy Award-nominated film Wild.
CherylStrayed (/ˈstreɪd/; née Nyland; born September 17, 1968) is an American writer and podcast host. She has written four books: the novel Torch (2006)...
self-help book by American author CherylStrayed. Tiny Beautiful Things is a collection of essays compiled from Strayed's "Dear Sugar" advice column, which...
second Academy Award nomination for her performance as the mother of CherylStrayed in the biopic Wild (2014). In 2017 and 2019, she starred as Renata Klein...
biographical adventure Wild (2014), based on CherylStrayed's memoir of the same name. She portrayed Strayed on her 1,000-mile (1,600 km) hike along the...
pursue a career in film making. Lindstrom is married to the writer CherylStrayed. They have two children and live in Portland, Oregon. Mothering Inside...
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Tennessee in 2006. In 2015, Gilbert and several other authors including CherylStrayed participated in fundraising efforts for Syrian refugees which raised...
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Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail a 2012 non-fiction book by CherylStrayed Wild, An elemental Journey, a 2006 autobiographical book by Jay Griffiths...
publication. There he published essays by writers such as Roxane Gay and CherylStrayed. After four years at The Rumpus, he moved to publishing house McSweeney's...
notion of the Great American Novel and commenting upon its development, CherylStrayed wrote that: De Forest was arguing in hopes of not one Great American...
limited series Tiny Beautiful Things based on the bestselling book by CherylStrayed. During the Summer of 2022, Hahn was featured in a series of "Back to...
origins of FIFA Wild (2014) – biographical adventure drama film based on CherylStrayed and her determination to complete the Pacific Crest Trail by hiking...
California, by directors J. J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón, Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs and actor Chris Pine. For the first time, nominations for all...