Gail Bowen
Gail Bowen is a Canadian author of mystery novels, in addition to being a playwright. She writes the Joanne Kilbourn series and the Charlie D series. Gail was born in Toronto, Ontario and attended the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo and the University of Saskatchewan. She went on to teach English at the First Nations University of Canada. Several of her Joanne Kilbourn novels have been made into TV movies that have aired on Canadian television, produced by Shaftesbury Films and CTV.