Gail Avery Halverson

Award-winning writer, Gail Avery Halverson, is the author of three historical fiction novels, "The Boundary Stone," "The Skeptical Physick," and most recently, "A Sea of Glass." Set in mid-17th century England, "The Boundary Stone" is a Chaucer Award Finalist (historical fiction), a Cygnus Award Finalist (speculative fiction), and a Chatelaine Award Winner (historical romantic fiction). "The Skeptical Physick" also won the Chaucer Award for historical fiction and the Chatelaine Award Grand Prize for romantic historical fiction. Ms. Halverson is the playwright and composer of musical plays that have been performed for nearly 300,000 children since 2004, and has had two screenplays optioned by Longbow Productions. Writing for both theater and television, she holds a B.A. in English Literature/Communications from the University of California, Davis; and is currently at work on her fourth novel. She lives in Northern California with her husband and their rambunctious Wheaten terrier, Murphy.