Cheryl Miller Dellasega

Drawing on decades of firsthand experience navigating the complexities of academic life, Cheryl Miller Dellasega, NP, PhD, brings an insider’s perspective to her fiction debut – illuminating both the ambition and the darker undercurrents of university culture. Her extensive academic background includes a PhD in Health Education & Counseling from Temple University and an MFA from Rosemont College. She is an award-winning author of ten books and a professor with more than thirty years of experience teaching in higher education. She spent the majority of her career at Pennsylvania State University, where she taught humanities and research in the College of Medicine, before retiring in 2024. In addition to her work in the United States, she has served as a Visiting Professor in Jönköping, Sweden. A relational aggression expert, Dr. Dellasega is the author of numerous books on issues affecting women, including When Nurses Hurt Nurses, Forced to be Family, Mean Girls Grown Up, The Starving Family, Girl Wars, and Surviving Ophelia. A sought-after expert on the everyday challenges facing women today, she has appeared in such outlets as The Today Show, Good Morning America and E! Investigates: Bullying. Learn more at cheryldellasega.com.