Gail Langer Karwoski


Gail Langer Karwoski is an American author whose writings includes adult fiction, historical fiction and non-fiction.
She was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Farley Langer, a Polish immigrant, and her mother, Esther Weiner. The family lived above their store, Farley's Hardware, in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, until Karwoski was in primary school. Afterwards, they moved to Brookline, Massachusetts, and Gail graduated from Brookline High School in 1966. She received a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts in 1970.
In 1972, Karwoski received an M.A. in English Literature and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She worked as a reporter for a small, weekly newspaper in Minneapolis and then became the communications director of the student-owned corporation, the Minnesota Student Association, under student body president, Jack Baker.

Writings

Early beginning

In 1974, she moved to Athens, Georgia with her husband, Chester John Karwoski, who became a psychology professor at the University of Georgia. In 1974–80 and 1985–96, Karwoski taught in Georgia public schools in Clarke and Oconee Counties. In 1980–85, she was an editor/writer at the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government. In 1996, her first book was published.

Awards

Works

Authored

Skeleton in the Art Closet A Brush with Murder The Tale of the Children's ArthurThe Wedding Heard Round the World; America's First Gay Marriage When Hurricane Katrina Hit Home Testing Ground Search and Rescue Dogs Terriers; Loyal Hunting Companions Thank You, Trees! with Marilyn GootmanRiver Beds; Sleeping in the World's Rivers Julie the Rockhound Tsunami: The True Story of an April Fool's Day Disaster Water Beds; Sleeping in the Ocean Miracle: The True Story of the Wreck of the Sea Venture Quake! Disaster in San Francisco, 1906 Surviving Jamestown: The Adventures of Young Sam Collier Seaman, the Dog Who Explored the West with Lewis and Clark The Tree that Owns Itself; and Other Adventure Tales from Georgia's Past with Loretta Hammer

Edited works

An Introduction to Law in Georgia.Teaching Georgia Government
  • ''City Government in Georgia''

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