Gayle Brandeis is the author of Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write, The Book of Dead Birds, Self Storage, Delta Girls, and My Life with the Lincolns, which won a Silver Nautilus Award for Middle Grade/Teen Fiction. The Book of Live Wires, sequel to The Book of Dead Birds, is available as an ebook. Gayle lives in Riverside, CA, where she is currently serving a two year appointment as the Inlandia Literary Laureate and is mom to two adult kids and a toddler.
