Paula W. Dail

A Native Californian, Paula Dail is an emerita research professor of social welfare and public policy and award-winning author. Widely published in the social sciences, she has also been recognized for her non-fiction and fiction writing, both under her own name and her pen name, Avery Michael. She is the recipient of first or second place Reader's Favorite, Reader's Choice, Independent Publisher, Bookfest and Literary Titan awards, a BookList starred review, and several other five-star reviews, including Goodreads, The Book Commentary, and Independent Book Review. Two of her books received the Non-fiction Book of the Year Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers. She holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and lives with her husband and dog in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest. "Red Anemones", described by Kirkus as "poignant, disturbing, and historically and dramatically riveting," and receiving five stars from the Historical Novel Company, is her tenth book.