Writing has always been my passion. Although life has complicated things, I have always written short stories and novels. I taught creative writing and literature for twenty-five years in secondary...view moreWriting has always been my passion. Although life has complicated things, I have always written short stories and novels. I taught creative writing and literature for twenty-five years in secondary schools, community college, and adult education. I have attended several writers’ conferences, and each time I won an award for fiction. The contest judges included Guy Owen, William Evans, Becky Weyrich, and Nelle McFather. I have written two other novels besides Nailing the Board. T'Whom it May Concern, and Laughed to Death are also on Smashwords. At present I am working on a fourth novel and gathering research for a fifth one.Writing instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division, Marshall J. Cook, Murder at Midnight, Twin Killing, The Great Wisconsin Man Manhunt of 1961, said, “Gary, you’re quite the story teller.”I am a former 82 Airborne paratrooper. I live in Sioux City,IA, my home town, with my wife and two cocker spaniels. I am extremely proud of my nephew Jon Beauchaine who has done such a marvelous job on my book covers.view less