NCPR Blogs: Quirks

Sharie Derrickson is an award-winning feature writer and humorist and a regular contributor to the Thousand Islands Sun newspaper in Alexandria Bay, New York. A native of Clayton, Sharie is a former U.S. Navy photojournalist that served at Pacific Stars and Stripes newspaper in Tokyo, Japan, and served with U.S. Navy Combat Camera documenting military operations such as in the Persian Gulf and relief efforts in Somalia. She relocated back to the Thousand Islands after a 25-year absence and began working as a staff writer for the Thousand Islands Sun as a news and feature writer, and her humor column, “North Country Quirk,” appears weekly. She and her family live in Cape Vincent. She has been working on her first book since 1982 and attributes her slow progress to deep fears of failure and commitment, and severe laziness. She has no hobbies to speak of, but she says she enjoys, “thinking about stuff no one else cares about.”

Reserve your signed copy of Sharie's upcoming book No Bad Deed Goes Unpublished, a humorous look at everyday life and living in the North Country. Copies can be ordered by contacting her at sharie@shariederrickson.com. The book is a selection of her columns that would make great bathroom reading, holiday gifts, or kindling. A percentage of the profits will go to not-for-profit organizations, including North Country Public Radio. Visit her website at www.shariederrickson.com.