Gail was a pediatric pathologist for thirty-five years. She began writing seriously in 1994, and her book To Quit this Calling, Firsthand Tales of a Pediatric Pathologist, was published by Ghost Road Press in 2005, and excerpted in 5280 magazine in Oct. 2006. Her short pieces have appeared in numerous publications, and her first poetry chapbook was released in 2006. She lives in Denver with Henry, her substandard poodle.