Gail resides with her husband of over forty years in a rural community of Western Massachusetts where she was born and raised. She was inspired to write this story to leave as a legacy for her first grandchild, Annika. Gail is a mother of two grown daughters and travels to her vacation home in upstate New York with her family as often as she can. Her interests include boating on Lake George, hiking in the Adirondack mountains, and quilting. Gail is currently employed as a purchasing agent for a paper company based in Georgia.