Cheryl Benard

Cheryl Benard
Born1953 (age 72–73)
OccupationNovelist, researcher
EducationUniversity of Vienna (PhD)
American University of Beirut (BA)
GenreFiction, non-fiction
SpouseZalmay Khalilzad
ChildrenAlexander Benard
Maximilian Benard

Cheryl Benard (born 1953) is an American-Austrian writer, novelist and political-social scientist. She is the wife of Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Afghanistan and Iraq. She and Khalilzad have two sons, Alexander Benard and Maximilian Benard.