Gayle Childress GreeneGayle Childress Greene is an award-winning playwright, professional choreographer, and actress. She lives near the Great Smoky Mountains with her husband and two dogs, Dickens and Ranger. They have three children and four grandchildren.When she's notworking, Gayle enjoys nurturing the flora and fauna in her backyard, a certified wildlife habitat, where all critters are welcome, even chipmunks, squirrels, and rabbits. She also volunteers at a therapeutic riding academy using horses to foster personal achievement in children and adults with diff-abilities.Gayle is a graduate of the Institute of Children's Literature and the author of The Snail's Pace and Because You Are Mine. Read More Read Less