Cherryh (pronounced "Cherry") appended a silent "h" to her real name because her first editor, Donald A. Wollheim, felt that "Cherry" sounded too much like a romance writer.
笔名中的Cherryh（发音为“Cherry”）是在她的真实姓名上附加了一个不发音的“h”，因为她的第一编辑Donald A. Wollheim（英语：Donald A. Wollheim）认为“Cherry”听起来太像愛情小說作家了。