Gretchen Wing

​A high school English and history teacher for twenty years, Gretchen K. Wing pushed her students to find their voices through writing, and to pay attention to the voices of others through reading. Now, Wing has applied that same passion to the story of a girl who needs empowerment and finds it, not in magic as she hopes, but in herself.

Wing's short stories have been published in the online journal Shark Reef, and she writes a regular column for the San Juan Islands' Weekly. She is also a budding singer/songwriter, performing with the group Chicken Biscuit, and she blogs regularly at gretchenkwing.wordpress.com.

When not writing or playing guitar, Wing is a baker at Holly B's Bakery and enjoys running, biking, backpacking, traveling (especially road-tripping), cooking, reading, drinking Earl Grey, and dog-sitting for friends (since her sweet, fluffy malamute Juniper passed away). She is also a die-hard Carolina Tarheels basketball fan.

Wing was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, before becoming a Pacific Northwesterner. She holds a B.A. in English from Harvard University and a Master's in History from the University of Washington. She and her husband have two grown children. ​

The Flying Burgowski is the first book for Wing, who lives on Lopez Island in Washington State.

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