Collection: Gail & Katie

From as early as she can remember, Gail loved stories. She loved being read to until she could read on her own, and then she always had a book in hand. Before she could spell, she would draw pictures and pretended to write stories she would tell her parents. As she grew up, she wrote poems and stories. She wrote a "fantasy" book at fifteen. She was always driven to write. 

When she was in her twenties, and her daughter Katie was just a couple years old. Gail's mom passed away. While helping her dad go through papers she found a box that held everything she'd ever written. All those poems and stories, every book report, every note she'd written about the books she wanted to write. It was after that discovery that Gail realized her mother had always seen her as a writer, and she knew she wanted to be a published author. 

Katie was a toddler when her mom began to write her first book, so Katie always saw her mom creating. Just like her mom, Katie also loved books, loved to read, and loved to tell stories. She was in high school when she wrote her first published work which was a short story in an anthology about muses. 

Gail's father and Katie's grandfather, who Katie called Papa Shoes, was their greatest fan. To both of them. He himself was a performer, a musician, and he took every opportunity on stage to brag about his daughter and granddaughter. They lost him suddenly just weeks after Katie graduated high school. In those hard weeks following his death, Katie wrote Land of Misfit Teens, the first of three books in a series. That book is dedicated to her Papa Shoes for always cheering her on. 

In the last thirty years, Gail has written nearly twenty books (not all currently published, but soon) with her daughter watching. And Katie has written a three book series called Silver Lining, for young adult and new adult readers. And since becoming a mom herself, Katie also write's children's picture books. Her first children's book - My Sister's Mommy - will release in time for the 2024 gift giving season. 

Katie's daughter is already showing a deep love for books, even as a toddler. So who knows? In a few years, there may be three generations of writers on this page. 

Stay tuned!