Born and raised in the South and the biggest influence was my grandfather, a coal miner from Bramwell, WV. He had a knack for telling tall tales!

Short story awards, poetry awards, and a member of the Newspaper Institute of America.

Works have appeared in: Thought Magazine Fall/Winter 2001 / Sweet Annie Press / The Sunday Suitor / New Authors Journal / Faces of the Moon: A Women's Poetry Anthology / New Voices in American Poetry / "Quiet Thoughts" Poetry Press / Poems of the New Bohemia / "How To Be The Worst Parent In The World" edited by Aliske Webb / Thought Magazine Fall/Winter 2002 / Recycled Magazine 2003 / Novel, "Blackberry Summer", in paperback, July 2003 (PublishAmerica) / Novel, "Auntie", ebook and paperback, 2004 (Lulu Press) / Novel, "Finlander", ebook and paperback, 2004 (Lulu Press) / Novel, "Sunday's Rose", ebook and paperback, 2004 (Lulu Press) / Anthology, "Life As Prose", ebook and paperback, 2004 (Lulu Press) / Anthology, "Life As Theater", ebook and paperback, 2004 (Lulu Press) / Novel, "The Fellow Servants", ebook and paperback, 2004 (Lulu Press) / Novel, "A Twisted Nod", ebook and paperback, 2004 (Lulu Press) / Novel, "A Flicker From Afar", ebook and paperback, 2005 (Lulu Press) / Novel, "Scarlet Sage", ebook and paperback, 2005 (Lulu Press) / Novel, "Ugly Opal", ebook and paperback, 2005 (Lulu Press) / Anthology, "Convoluted Ramblings", ebook and paperback, 2006 (Lulu Press) / Anthology, "Then Said Solomon", ebook and paperback, 2007 (Lulu Press).

Writings of Gail Ylitalo