Gail LehrmanGail Lehrman is an expatriate New Yorker relocated to the Pacific Northwest. Though she has traded the canyons of Manhattan for the mountains of Oregon, Gail has never lost her fascination with her native city and its melting pot history. New York's oices still sing in her ear. Those voices are the force behind her debut novel, Across S eward P ark.She holds a B.A. and M.A in English Literature and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Columbia University. After a ten-year teaching career, she pivoted into computer programming but continued to feed her creative spirit by studying acting and singing (a skill she sadly never mastered). Life swerved again when she moved to the West Coast with her husband and son. Now a frequent hiker in Oregon's lovely Columbia River Gorge, Gail is also an enthusiastic participant in the rich literary community of Portland, Oregon. Read More Read Less