About

Cherie Dawn Haas is the author of the novels Girl on Fire and Ashes for William, along with two collections of poetry and short stories, and the nonfiction work, Don’t Ugly Cry While Driving. She has contributed to WritersDigest.com, and by day is an Online Editor. She is working on her third and fourth novels, leads a bi-monthly writing group, and publishes the monthly LifeSoup blog. She is also active in the Women’s Fiction Writers Association and often works with critique partners. Cherie Dawn writes from her “imagination station” and lives with her family and almost too many dogs and chickens in Kentucky.

Contact: info@cheriedawn.com

C.V.

November 2025: Published “Don’t Ugly Cry While Driving: Words of Advice From a Yoga Teacher”
June 2025: Yoga instructor, PlayThink Festival (Edmonton, KY)
July 2024: Published “A Sign of Life: Poetry and Short Stories”
Fall 2023: Certified in Thai Yoga Massage and 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training (Cincinnati Yoga School, OH)
Winter 2023: Published “Ashes for William”
2021: Certified Yoga Teacher (East Cincy Yoga, OH)
2020: Published “Personified: Poetry, Prose, Short Stories”
2020: Co-Author, “From Meditation to Creation: 9 Guided Meditations for Creative Writing”
2016: Published “Girl on Fire”
2018 – Present: Editor / Online Content Manager, Plein Air Today, Fine Art Today, and Realism Today for Streamline Publishing

Plus …
2024 – Host of the “Rough Draft Collab” writers group at Campbell County Public Library
April 2024: 2nd Place Winner in the Clermont County Public Library short story contest for “The Whisper”
April 2024: Accepted to Lawrenceburg Authors Fair (IN)
November 2023: Accepted to Louisville Book Festival (KY)
October 2023: Featured in Kentucky Living Magazine
2022 – Present, Writing Workshop Presenter at Campbell County Public Library (Cold Spring, KY)
All three books accepted (juried process) to the Kentucky Artisan Center (Berea, KY)
2020: Finalist in Poetry Unites Kentucky
Guest blogger at WritersDigest.com
Guest blogger for the WordDreams blog
Bircus Brewing Company / Circus Mojo, Ludlow, KY ~ fire eater, hoop dancer, general enthusiast
Cincinnati Opera, “Another Brick in the Wall” at Cincinnati Music Hall, Summer 2018 (Image credit: Cincinnati Opera)
Contributing Writer for Backyard Poultry Magazine
Contributing Writer for Carpe Nocturne
Contributing Writer for Fuse magazine
Performance Artist group, Dante’s Gypsy Circus, included in “Best of” issue of Cincinnati Magazine