Gil Lefebvre

Gil Lefebvre Bio Facts

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Gil is a product of the Southern California lifestyle. Most of his youth was spent at his family's popular baseball camp on Catalina Island.

Gil was drafted out of high school with the Oakland Baseball Organization and later traded to the Angels. It became a short baseball career as life was interrupted by the ongoing Vietnam conflict. After fulfilling his obligations in the U.S. Army, he continued his education.

He has worked a variety of jobs, but serving as a cook at the famous Biltmore Hotel during the 1960 National Democratic Convention, allowed him to come in contact with a variety of important political celebrities. Meeting impressive figures such as John and Bobby Kennedy influenced him to achieve a BA degree in political science and then continue on to Western State School of Law. He later became an advisor to two major political campaigns.

As newly weds in 1969, Gil and his wife Marcia sailed around the world. The visit of over twenty-nine countries gave him profound incites to world issues. After working in a family law firm he became drawn in another direction, this time as a public educator. He went on to receive many distinguished awards for his innovative style of teaching.

Lefebvre began his professional writing career with commentaries, essays and poems. The most prominent of his published books are: The Making of a Hitter, Unto Caesar Unto God and now his first fiction, Not Too Far To Have Never Been.

Lefebvre has just released his new book CATALINA SUMMER. It illuminates the CATALINA splendor from the perspective of the legendary LEFEBVRE CATALINA BASEBALL CAMP, where, through humor and drama thousands of Southern Californian boys in the '50s and '60s found passage to manhood.

Gil feels truly blessed. He has been a man for all seasons, from cook to professional athlete, from Veteran to politics and law, on to educator and now an accomplished writer.

"Lefebvre's impeccably researched and grippingly told stories are richly drawn and thought provoking works which weave their way through his novels."

"Gil masterfully tells how three individuals triumph in character by taking on the challenges of their generation."