Terra Trevor, of Cherokee, Delaware, Seneca ancestry, frequently writes on the topics of motherhood, transracial adoption, culture, ethnicity, her identity as a mixed blood, as well as the experience of raising a child with a life-threatening illness and the process of healing from the death of a child. She is hailed for her insight, candor, lyric prose and sincere voice.

An award-winning writer, Terra's memoir, Pushing up the Sky: A Mother's Story, published by KAAN in 2006, received national acclaim.

Her work is widely anthologized with excerpts from Pushing up the Sky included in Birthed from Scorched Hearts: Women Respond to War, MariJo Moore (Editor) forthcoming from Fulcrum Publishing, and Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education, the first anthology to document the struggle for Native American cultural survival on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border. Robert Bensen (Editor) The University of Arizona Press.

jacket illustration by Marcia Adams Ho

Terra is a member of the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers & Storytellers. As a volunteer in the mentoring core, she helps beginning and emerging Native writers refine their skills.

In addition to writing, Terra has worked as a project coordinator for American Indian Health & Services, Red Ribbon Bridge — a program offering spiritual and cultural connection for Native Americans living with AIDS — and as a coordinator and volunteer for We Can, Pediatric Brain Tumor Network, Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network, Friends Of Korea Family Exchange Program, and Santa Barbara County American Indian Education Project.