Lee Gaitan

Lee Gaitan is an award-winning author of four books, including the Amazon #1 Bestseller My Pineapples Went to Houston, First Edition, and Lite Whines and Laughter, which garnered three international book awards and for which she was named a First Place Winner for Georgia Independent Author of the Year. She has also authored chapters in the bestselling books, The Divinity of Dogs, Feisty After 45, and Angel Bumps as well as the award-winning These Summer Months and the anthologies Goodness and Forgiveness. Her work has been featured on The Huffington Post, Erma Bombeck Humor Writers’ Workshop, The Good Men Project, Mothers Always Write, Enchanted Conversations, and Bella Grace among others. Her blog entries have earned a first-place win as well as an honorable mention from the National Society of Columnists, and she was a winner in the Nickie’s Prize Writing Competition and her essay is featured in the book Sisters, alongside the work of New York Times bestselling authors.

Lee lives in suburban Atlanta with her husband and dog where she divides her time among teaching, writing, and speaking. She is the proud mother of one daughter, two stepsons, and is “Nonna” to four adorable grandchildren.

Her most recent release My Pineapples Went to Houston, Second Edition, (2021) has been named a Maincrest Media Award and a Best Book Award finalist.

Connect with her: http://www.leegaitan.com

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