Gail Giles

Gail Giles

Gail Giles is the author of four young adult novels. Her debut novel, "Shattering Glass", was an ALA Best of the Best Book, a Book Sense 76 selection, and a Booklist Top 10 Mystery for Youth selection. The novel is about a high school boy named Simon Glass that is helped to become one of the most popular kids in school by other students, and is brutally murdered at the end. Her second novel, "Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters", was an ALA Top 10 Quick pick (2003) and a Book Sense 76 selection. Her third novel, "Playing in Traffic", is an epic story about a boy trying to help a gothic girl.

She is a former high school teacher who grew up in Texas and now lives there happily with her husband, two dogs, and three cats. Gail has one son and two grandsons.

Her fourth book, What Happened to Cass McBride, deals with teen problems.

= External Links =
* [http://www.harpercollins.ca/global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0006391974 Gail Giles at HarperCollins]
* [http://www.gailgiles.com/ Author Website]


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