Margaret Cheryl Hardy was a former journalist who loved interviewing people about their lives, holistic living, the environment, and Mother Earth. She wrote for the Daily Sentinel and was a featured writer for the Augusta Times and Rocky Mountain News and she also worked with non-profit organizations writing grants. Writing under the name Cheryl Hardy, her published non-fiction titles include Energetic Patterns: Healing Touch Case Studies (Vol. 1) and Collecting Your Bones. Being Noah is her first novel. Cheryl's love of writing was a focus for most of her life. She treated writing as a creative and spiritual experience. She received a BA in Journalism from Mesa College in 1976. In 2019 Cheryl received her MFA from Western Colorado University, but she passed away shortly before graduation. Cheryl recently worked as a certified healing touch instructor and taught a program and workshop focusing on holistic living. Cheryl has one son, two daughters, and seven grandchildren and she resided in Colorado. This novel was written as part of her MFA program, and WordFire Press is proud to publish it for the first time.