Author Biography

Gail Giles is the author of the novel, Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters. She was born on September 24th and is married to Jim Giles. She lives in Woodland, Texas. She is a writer, and taught high school in Angleton, Texas. Her interests are watercolor painting, reading, computer solitaire, playing guitar. Gail Giles has received many awards like the Best Books for Young Adults selection and Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers selection, American Library Association (ALA), both 2003, both for Shattering Glass; ALA Teens Top Ten selection, 2003, for Dead Girls Don't Write Letters. She dislikes, mean people, cabbage, bad books, bad movies, really bright light, sweat or any activity that produces sweat, repetitive noises, waiting for anything, airports, getting up early, and people that ask when I’m going to write for adults. Gail Giles has many pets. She has two Great Pyrenees, named Jack London and Chicago. She also has three cats, Hemingway (Himalayan), Buffet (Scottish Fold), and Oz (Balinese). Gail Giles likes, chocolate, good books, good movies, hot baths, crisp, clean sheets, big cities, rain on a tin roof, my friends, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Jimmy Buffett and sleeping late. Some of the books she wrote were: Breath of the Dragon, illustrated by June Otani, Clarion Books (New York, NY), 1997. Shattering Glass, Roaring Brook Press (Brookfield, CT), 2002. Dead Girls Don't Write Letters, Roaring Brook Press (Brookfield, CT), 2003. Playing in Traffic, Roaring Brook Press (Brookfield, CT), 2004. What Happened to Cass McBride? (novel), Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2006. Right behind You (novel), Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2007.