Undeterred after being denied admission to an elite middle school, based (she's sure) on her impromptu short story assignment, Gail continued to write throughout her school years: poetry, journaling, and creative writing. As an adult, she's been an avid blogger, writer of short stories, and biographer to several of her ancestors and progenitors. Gail is a retired librarian, a detective (solving ancestry mysteries), an herbalist, and Noni to thirteen amazing grandchildren. She resides in Boise, Idaho with her husband and their Anatolian Shepherd, Loki.