Award-winning writer Gary Gautier has taught writing and literature at flagship state universities and has published a range of works for adults and children. Goodbye, Maggie was shortlisted (top 10) in the William Faulkner Competition, his children’s book, Spaghetti and Peas, was featured in the Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Market, and a screen adaptation of his novel, Mr. Robert’s Bones, was selected to the second round (top 10%) at the Austin Film Festival. Gary was born in New Orleans, has hitchhiked through 35 states and 16 countries, bartended in 3 states, run two marathons, and once, due to a series of misadventures, spent six months as the chef at a French restaurant. Visit his website at www.garygautier.com.