Gail Priest is the author of the Annie Crow Knoll trilogy. The third book in the series Annie Crow Knoll: Moonrise was a Kindle Book Awards semi-finalist. Eastern Shore Shorts, her collection of short stories set in various Eastern Shore towns, was an International Book Awards finalist. Gail next novel, Soul Dancing, has a paranormal twist. It takes place near Philadelphia and at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and will be released by Red Adept Publishing in 2024. For seventeen years, Gail and her husband rented a cottage in Betterton, MD on the Chesapeake Bay in a cottage community that is the inspiration for the Annie Crow Knoll Trilogy. Her play Eva's Piano was produced at the Dayton Playhouse in their 2000 New Play Festival. The Church Hill Theatre in Church Hill, Maryland staged a reading of her play A Thing with Feathers. Gail's career in performing arts and education has allowed her to play various roles: teacher, college professor, guidance counselor, actor, director, and writer. When she's not writing, Gail can usually be found on a beach birding or looking for sea glass.