Cheryl Burke
Cheryl Burke
Cheryl Burke
Cheryl Burke is a pioneering voice in LGBTQ+ literature whose work centers queer identity, community, and lived experience with unflinching honesty and warmth. Her memoir, My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B, earned recognition at the 2013 Lambda Literary Awards in the Bisexual Literature category, cementing her status as an important chronicler of bisexual narratives at a time when such stories remained underrepresented in mainstream publishing. Burke’s writing exemplifies the kind of personal testimony that can reshape how readers understand desire, belonging, and self-determination.
With My Awesome Place, Burke crafted more than a conventional autobiography—she created a road map for authenticity that resonates particularly within bisexual communities. Her Lambda Literary Award win acknowledges the distinctive perspective she brings to LGBTQ+ literature, one grounded in the specificity of bisexual experience rather than filtered through broader queer or lesbian frameworks. Burke’s work demonstrates how individual memoir can function as both intimate confession and collective mirror, offering readers the rare gift of seeing their own complexity reflected back with clarity and compassion.
