Sheila Bunker Nickerson

Born April 14, 1942, in New York, NY; daughter of Charles Cantine (an investment analyst) and Mavis (McGuire) Bunker; married Martinus Hoffman Nickerson (a traffic engineer), September 5, 1964; children: Helen, Thomas Merriman, Samuel Bunker. Education: Bryn Mawr College, B.A. (English, with honors; magna cum laude), 1964; Union Institute, Ph.D. (creative writing), 1985.